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SORB APPLE TREE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
Synonyms:
service tree; sorb apple; sorb apple tree; Sorbus domestica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sorb apple tree" is a kind of...):
mountain ash (any of various trees of the genus Sorbus)
Meronyms (parts of "sorb apple tree"):
sorb; sorb apple (acid gritty-textured fruit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorb apple tree"):
Sorbus torminalis; wild service tree (European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit)