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SORB APPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sorb apple mean?
• SORB APPLE (noun)
The noun SORB APPLE has 2 senses:
1. medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
Familiarity information: SORB APPLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
service tree; sorb apple; sorb apple tree; Sorbus domestica
Hypernyms ("sorb apple" is a kind of...):
mountain ash (any of various trees of the genus Sorbus)
Meronyms (parts of "sorb apple"):
sorb; sorb apple (acid gritty-textured fruit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorb apple"):
Sorbus torminalis; wild service tree (European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Acid gritty-textured fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
sorb; sorb apple
Hypernyms ("sorb apple" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("sorb apple" is a part of...):
service tree; sorb apple; sorb apple tree; Sorbus domestica (medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit)
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