"service tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: service trees [plural]
Etymology: Properly, the tree that bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve (“sorb apple, serviceberry”), from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus (“service tree”). See sorb. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|serves}} Middle English serves, {{inh|en|ang|syrfe}} Old English syrfe, {{der|en|VL.|*sorbea}} Vulgar Latin *sorbea, {{der|en|la|sorbus|t=service tree}} Latin sorbus (“service tree”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} service tree (plural service trees)
  1. (botany) Either of two rare Old World deciduous trees, Sorbus domestica or Sorbus torminalis. Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Pome fruits Hypernyms: tree Hyponyms: wild service tree (taxonomic: Sorbus torminalis) Related terms: mountain ash, serviceberry, sorb, sorb-apple Translations (Sorbus domestica): vadhë e butë [feminine] (Albanian), shurbë [feminine] (Albanian), ὄᾱ (óā) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), غُبَيْرَاء مستأنسة (ḡubayrāʔ mustanasa) [feminine] (Arabic), כנפא [masculine] (Aramaic), արոսենի մշակովի (aroseni mšakovi) (Armenian), gurbe (Basque), gurbeondo (Basque), скоруша (skoruša) [feminine] (Bulgarian), оскруша (oskruša) [feminine] (Bulgarian), servera [feminine] (Catalan), sorbu [masculine] (Corsican), oskeruše (Czech), storfrugtet røn [common-gender] (Danish), peervormige lijsterbes [feminine] (Dutch), sorpo (Esperanto), välimerenpihlaja (Finnish), sorbier domestique [masculine] (French), cormier [masculine] (French), sorbier [masculine] (French), sorbeira [feminine] (Galician), raño [masculine] (Galician), Speierling [masculine] (German), Sperberbaum [masculine] (German), Sporapfel [masculine] (German), σουρβιά η οικιακή (sourviá i oikiakí) [feminine] (Greek), kerti berkenye (Hungarian), perureynir (Icelandic), sorbo domestico [masculine] (Italian), sorbus [feminine] (Latin), Spirebam [masculine] (Luxembourgish), оско́руша (oskóruša) [feminine] (Macedonian), ско́руша (skóruša) [feminine] (Macedonian), edelrogn [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), serbièr [masculine] (Occitan), asperbièr [masculine] (Occitan), syrftrēow [neuter] (Old English), cormié (Picard), jarząb domowy [masculine] (Polish), sorva [feminine] (Portuguese), sorveira [feminine] (Portuguese), scoruș [masculine] (Romanian), sorber dumesti [masculine] (Romansch), рябина домашняя (rjabina domašnjaja) [feminine] (Russian), osokor [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), oskoruša (Slovak), oskoruš (Slovene), serbal común [masculine] (Spanish), sorbo [masculine] (Spanish), äppelrönn [common-gender] (Swedish), päronrönn [common-gender] (Swedish), горобина домашня (horobyna domašnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), domjaca wjerjebina (Upper Sorbian), cerddinen Morgannwg [feminine] (Welsh), cerddinen ddof [feminine] (Welsh)
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
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}
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          "text": "The wild service tree is very local in our study area.[…]At the time when these wild service trees had ripe fruit the much more abundant hawthorns, as well as a number of other plants, were providing alternative sources of fruit, which were probably safer to exploit than the service tree’s fruit 3—15 m up on terminal twigs of the leafless branches.",
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      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
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      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
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      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "aroseni mšakovi",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "արոսենի մշակովի"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "gurbe"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "gurbeondo"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оскруша"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "servera"
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      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sorbu"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "oskeruše"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "storfrugtet røn"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "peervormige lijsterbes"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "sorpo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "välimerenpihlaja"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "sorbier domestique"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cormier"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "sorbier"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sorbeira"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "raño"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Speierling"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Sperberbaum"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Sporapfel"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sourviá i oikiakí",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σουρβιά η οικιακή"
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      "roman": "óā",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ὄᾱ"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "kerti berkenye"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "perureynir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sorbo domestico"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "sorbus"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Spirebam"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oskóruša",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оско́руша"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "skóruša",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ско́руша"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "edelrogn"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "serbièr"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "asperbièr"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "syrftrēow"
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      "code": "pcd",
      "lang": "Picard",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "cormié"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jarząb domowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sorva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sorveira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scoruș"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sorber dumesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rjabina domašnjaja",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рябина домашняя"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "osokor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "oskoruša"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "oskoruš"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "word": "domjaca wjerjebina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serbal común"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sorbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "äppelrönn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "päronrönn"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "horobyna domašnja",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "горобина домашня"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cerddinen Morgannwg"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Sorbus domestica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cerddinen ddof"
    }
  ],
  "word": "service tree"
}

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