chokecherry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

chokecherry
    n 1: the fruit of the chokecherry tree
    2: a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small
       bitter black berries favored by birds [syn: {chokecherry},
       {chokecherry tree}, {Prunus virginiana}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chokecherry \Choke"cher`ry\, n. (Bot.)
   The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry ({Prunus
   Virginiana}); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
   [1913 Webster]

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