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Definition of Shadblow
1. Noun. Any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit.
Terms within: Juneberry, Saskatoon, Serviceberry, Shadberry
Group relationships: Amelanchier, Genus Amelanchier
Specialized synonyms: Alder-leaved Serviceberry, Alderleaf Juneberry, Amelanchier Alnifolia, Amelanchier Bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Shadblow
1. a shadbush [n -S] - See also: shadbush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadblow
Literary usage of Shadblow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American by Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
"... liverwort, shadblow, dogwood, redbud, gladden the woods; when mocking-birds
and cardinals sing in the magnolia groves of the South, and hermit thrushes, ..."
2. African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American by Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
"... liverwort, shadblow, dogwood, redbud, gladden the woods; when mocking-birds
and cardinals sing in the magnolia groves of the South, and hermit thrushes, ..."
3. The Genesee Farmer (1851)
"... of which our native shadblow is one ; the Photinia, the Cotoneaster, ifcc.
These have all strongly marked natural affinities, and may with more or less ..."
4. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"... SHAD BUSH Service Berry, shadblow, Juneberry. Amelanchier canadensis (L.)
Medic. HABIT—A shrub or small tree 10-25 ft. in height with a trunk diameter ..."
5. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"... SHAD BUSH Service Berry, shadblow, Juneberry. Amelanchier canadensis (L.)
Medic. HABIT—A shrub or small tree 10-25 ft. in height with a ..."
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