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Definition of Serviceberries
1. serviceberry [n] - See also: serviceberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serviceberries
Literary usage of Serviceberries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth, United States..Forest Service. (1908)
"The serviceberries are .small, slender, scaly-barked trees and shrubs of worldwide
range, but nowhere of forest or economic importance. ..."
2. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth, United States Forest Service (1908)
"The serviceberries are small, slender, scaly-barked trees and shrubs of worldwide
range, but nowhere of forest or economic importance. ..."
3. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Reuben Gold Thwaites (2002)
"... deep perple and black; also black goos- berries and serviceberries now ripe
and in great perfection. we feasted sumptuously on our wild fruits, ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"There were wild currants, raspberries, gooseberries, serviceberries, wild plums
and grapes; and of most of these, one was sufficient to make a meal for both ..."
5. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"The russet persimmon, the brown papaw, The red wild plum and the summer haw,
serviceberries and mandrake fruit, Sassafras bark and ginseng root, ..."
6. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... strawberries, raspberries, both red and yellow, very large and finely flavored
whortleberries, cranberries, serviceberries, blackberries, currants, ..."