SORB APPLE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sorb apple tree mean? 

• SORB APPLE TREE (noun)
  The noun SORB APPLE TREE has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit

  Familiarity information: SORB APPLE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SORB APPLE TREE (noun)

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 tree" is a kind of...):

mountain ash (any of various trees of the genus Sorbus)

Meronyms (parts of "sorb apple tree"):

sorb; sorb apple (acid gritty-textured fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorb apple tree"):

Sorbus torminalis; wild service tree (European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit)