juneberry
juneberry noun: any of several North American trees of the genus Amelanchier, having white flowers and edible, purplish fruit.
Noun (1)
juneberry (plural juneberries)
- Any of several North American trees of the genus Amelanchier, having white flowers and edible, purplish fruit.
- She was kneeling beneath a low-crowned blossoming Juneberry.1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 77
- The fruit of such a tree.
Noun (2) capitalized: Juneberry
Juneberry (plural Juneberries)
- Alternative letter-case form of juneberry.
Synonyms of juneberry
Forms of juneberry
| plural | juneberries |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Juneberry |
| plural | Juneberries |
Origin of juneberry
From June + berry, the berries typically ripening in June.
Words formed from juneberry
- alderleaf juneberry
- Allegheny juneberry
- Bartram juneberry
- Canadian jundeberry
- coastal juneberry
- downy juneberry
- Fernald juneberry
- Fernald's juneberry
- Gaspe juneberry
- Gaspé roundleaf juneberry
- Huron juneberry
- inland juneberry
- juneberry holly
- Korean juneberry
- large-flowered juneberry
- low juneberry
- Minnesota juneberry
- mountain juneberry
- Nantucket juneberry
- northwestern serviceberry
- Nova Scotia juneberry
- oblongleaf juneberry
- roundleaf juneberry
- running juneberry
- smooth juneberry
- southern juneberry
- swamp juneberry
- Wiegand juneberry (Amelanchier × wiegandii
Questions about juneberry
- What does juneberry mean?
- Juneberry means any of several North American trees of the genus Amelanchier, having white flowers and edible, purplish fruit.
- What part of speech is juneberry?
- Juneberry is a noun.
- What is the plural of juneberry?
- The plural of juneberry is juneberries.
Words near juneberry in the dictionary
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