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Definition of Chokecherry

1. Noun. The fruit of the chokecherry tree.

2. Noun. A common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds.

Definition of Chokecherry

1. n. The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.

Definition of Chokecherry

1. Noun. Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially ''Prunus virginiana'' ¹

2. Noun. The fruit of this plant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chokecherry

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chokecherry

choke down choke hold choke off choke pear choke pears choke price choke the luff choke up chokeable chokeberries

chokeberry chokebore chokebores chokecherries chokecherry (current term) chokecherry tree choked choked disk choked the chicken chokedamp

chokedamps chokedar chokedars chokehold chokeholds chokepoint chokepoints choker chokers

Literary usage of Chokecherry

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

1. Proceedings: Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management edited by James K. Brown, Robert W. Mutch, Charles W. Spoon, Ronald H. Wakimoto (1996)
"chokecherry does not grow to tree size and was therefore not represented in ... The ages of sapling-sized stems of chokecherry indicated that the stems in ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"Seeds of a free-flowering shrubby species of chokecherry which is perfectly hardy ... chokecherry. From Bozeman, Mont. Presented by Prof. JW Blankinship. ..."

3. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Only a few aspen trees remain and the chokecherry plant depicted in the earlier photo is now represented by a handful of browse-stunted stems. ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1908)
"A large-leaved chokecherry bearing large racemes of cherries in profusion. ... A very ornamental chokecherry with large, ovate, lanceolate leaves. ..."

5. Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians by Wilfred William Robbins, John Peabody Harrington, Barbara W. Freire-Marreco (1916)
"chokecherry. Bows are made from the wood. The berries are boiled and eaten or are eaten raw. The Jicarilla Apache grind the berries and make the meal into ..."

6. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1891)
"This species very closely resembles the chokecherry of the Atlantic States. Some observers, however, protest againt calling it a chokecherry, because it has ..."

7. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1894)
"... confined with poplar and chokecherry leaves failed to oviposit even after repeated trials. Along the trail previously mentioned Anthocharis ..."

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