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service tree

  1. a European mountain ash (Sorbus domestica) having small, edible fruit
  2. a European mountain ash, the wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), similar to this

Etymology: ME serves, pl. of obs. serve < OE syrfe < VL *sorbea < L sorbus < IE base *sor-, *ser-, red, reddish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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