Meanings
juneberry1
nounjuneberry (plural juneberries)
plural juneberries · alternative Juneberry
- Any of several North American trees of the genus Amelanchier, having white flowers and edible, purplish fruit.
She was kneeling beneath a low-crowned blossoming Juneberry.
1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 77 - The fruit of such a tree.
Juneberry2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From June + berry, the berries typically ripening in June.
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