"chokeberry" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chokeberry.wav Forms: chokeberries [plural]
Etymology: From choke + berry, describing the astringency of the fruits, which are inedible when raw. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|choke|berry}} choke + berry Head templates: {{en-noun}} chokeberry (plural chokeberries)
  1. Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps. Categories (lifeform): Berries, Fruits, Pome fruits Translations (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia): арония (aronija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aronia (Finnish), αρώνια (arónia) [feminine] (Greek), 아로니아속 (aroniasok) (Korean), svartsurbærbusk [neuter] (Norwegian), aronia [feminine] (Polish), aronia [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chokeberry-en-noun-hCHi~raG Disambiguation of Berries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Fruits: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'deciduous shrub in genus Aronia': 76 24
  2. The fruit of such a shrub. Translations (fruit of such a shrub): svartsurbær [neuter] (Norwegian), aronia [feminine] (Polish), dearc-thachdaidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), aronya (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chokeberry-en-noun-9eutf2nb Disambiguation of 'fruit of such a shrub': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black chokeberry, red chokeberry, purple chokeberry

Inflected forms

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