noun
- either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis (wild service tree), bearing a similar fruit.
- serviceberry(defs 2, 3).
noun
- Also called: sorb a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Sorbus domestica, cultivated for its white flowers and brown edible apple-like fruits
- wild service tree a similar and related Eurasian tree, Sorbus torminalis