service tree
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service tree
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Properly, the tree that bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve (“sorb apple, serviceberry”), from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus (“service tree”). See sorb. Not related to service, though it influenced its spelling
noun service trees
- Either of two rare Old World deciduous trees, Sorbus domestica or Sorbus torminalis. Wild cherry and rowan, as well as wild apple, wild pear, wild service tree, whitebeam, and true service tree, are all affected by being nibbled by voles, mice and other wild animals.
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noun Sorbus domestica
| Español | serbal común, sorbo |
|---|---|
| Português | sorva, sorveira |
| Français | sorbier domestique, cormier, sorbier |
| Deutsch | Speierling, Sperberbaum, Sporapfel |
| Italiano | sorbo domestico |
| Ελληνικά | σουρβιά η οικιακή sourviá i oikiakí |
| Română | scoruș |
| Русский | рябина домашняя rjabina domašnjaja |
| العربية | غُبَيْرَاء مستأنسة ḡubayrāʔ mustanasa |
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