chokecherries

Variant of chokecherry

chokecherry definition

☆ choke·cherry (-c̸her′ē)

noun pl. chokecherries -·ries

  1. a North American wild cherry tree (Prunus virginiana)
  2. its astringent fruit
Also written choke cherry

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