Definition of Amelanchier

1. Noun. North American deciduous trees or shrubs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Amelanchier
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Juneberry, Service Tree, Serviceberry, Shadblow, Shadbush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amelanchier

Ambu bag
Ambulas
Ambystoma maculatum
Ambystoma mexicanum
Ambystoma talpoideum
Ambystoma tigrinum
Amdang
Amdo Tibetan
Ameche
Ameches
Amedeo Avogadro
Amedeo Modigliano
Ameiuridae
Ameiurus
Ameiurus Melas
Amelanchier
Amelanchier alnifolia
Amelanchier bartramiana
Amele
Amelia Earhart
Amen
Amen-Ra
Amenhotep IV
Amentiferae
Amer.
Amerasian
Amerasians
Amercia
Ameretat

Literary usage of Amelanchier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"|HE genus amelanchier occurs in but two forms sufficiently distinct to be regarded as species, namely, the common amelan- chier of Europe, (A. vulgaris,) ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Notes on the genus amelanchier: By NL BRITTON. Specimens illustrating the five eastern species, A. Canadensis, ..."

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