WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
service tree′, 
    1. Plant Biologyeither 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.
    2. Plant Biologyserviceberry (defs. 2, 3).
    • 1535–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
service tree n
  1. Also called: sorb a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Sorbus domestica, cultivated for its white flowers and brown edible apple-like fruits
  2. wild service treea similar and related Eurasian tree, Sorbus torminalis
Etymology: service, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin sorbea (unattested), from Latin sorbus sorb
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