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chokeberry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtʃəʊkbəri/
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Etymology

From choke + berry, describing the astringency of the fruits, which are inedible when raw.

Meanings

1. Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
2. The fruit of such a shrub.

Forms

Deriveds

red chokeberry · purple chokeberry · black chokeberry

Translations (13)

bg арония (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia) · el αρώνια (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia) · sv aroniabär (fruit of such a shrub) · tr aronya (fruit of such a shrub) · ar أَرُونِيَة (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia) · pl aronia (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia) · gd dearc-thachdaidh (fruit of such a shrub) · pl aronia (fruit of such a shrub) · fi aronia (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia) · no svartsurbærbusk (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia) · ko 아로니아속 (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia) · sv aronia (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia) · no svartsurbær (fruit of such a shrub)