Service Tree Definition

noun
A European mountain ash (Sorbus domestica) having small, edible fruit.
Webster's New World
A European mountain ash, the wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), similar to this.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Service Tree

Noun

Singular:
service tree
Plural:
service-trees

Origin of Service Tree

  • Properly, the tree which 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English serves pl. of serve the service tree from Old English syrfe from Vulgar Latin sorbea from Latin sorbus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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