"chokecherry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chokecherries [plural]
Etymology: choke + cherry, so called from the extreme astringency of the fresh fruit. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|choke|cherry}} choke + cherry Head templates: {{en-noun}} chokecherry (plural chokecherries)
  1. Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana. Categories (lifeform): Prunus genus plants Translations (tree): 'atut (Cahuilla), cirerer de Virgínia [masculine] (Catalan), ménó'e (Cheyenne), vénôho'kôhtse (Cheyenne), Virginische Traubenkirsche [feminine] (German), kʼįįshzhíní (Navajo), virginiahegg [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), virginiahägg [common-gender] (Swedish), черемха (čeremxa) (english: Canada [by analogy with European bird cherry]) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chokecherry-en-noun-Ue8wKOVp Disambiguation of Prunus genus plants: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'tree': 100 0
  2. The fruit of this plant. Translations (fruit): pákkii'p (Blackfoot), 'atut (Cahuilla), черемха (čeremxa) (english: Canada [by analogy with European bird cherry]) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chokecherry-en-noun-i9BmhOPS Disambiguation of 'fruit': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: choke cherry Related terms: Virginia bird cherry, bitter-berry, bird cherry, black cherry

Inflected forms

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