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Noun: serviceberry  'sur-vis,be-ree
  1. Any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
    - Juneberry, service tree, shadbush, shadblow
     
  2. Edible purple or red berries
    - saskatoon, shadberry, juneberry

Derived forms: serviceberries

Type of: berry, bush, shrub

Part of: Amelanchier, genus Amelanchier

Encyclopedia: Serviceberry