chokeberry

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noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • The fruit of such a shrub.

Etymology

Compound from English choke + English berry (thrash, beat).

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English

berry

Gloss

thrash, beat

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