Definitions
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- noun The plant
Juneberry orserviceberry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As one example, when the shadbush (shown) is in blossom along northeastern trout streams, Hendrickson mayflies start emerging.
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Also missing, Mr. Moore says, is some Nantucket shadbush, a rare tree.
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The uplands are now covered with dense shrub growth of arrowwood viburnum, bayberry, blueberry and shadbush, interspersed with red cedar, red maple, sapling oaks, pitch pine, black cherry, common greenbriar and blackberry.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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Dominant shrubs include bayberry, black cherry, highbush blueberry, shadbush, poison ivy and European bittersweet.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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The central part of the island contains tall shrubs and sapling trees, including red cedar, staghorn sumac, shadbush, black cherry and black willow.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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Common shrubs include bayberry, highbush blueberry, and shadbush.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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The central part of the island contains tall shrubs and trees such as red cedar, staghorn sumac, shadbush, and black willow.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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The uplands are now covered with a dense shrub growth of bayberry, blueberry, arrowwood, and shadbush interspersed with red cedar, red maple, black cherry, pitch pine and oak.
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island 2007
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Rhodora blooming out in the bog, along with the apple and cherry trees -- shadbush almost done, lilacs just starting.
Evolution in action (AKA Wednesday roadkill report) jhetley 2006
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Above her ruddy head a shadbush bends itself, russet and white like her own woods-dress.
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