chokecherry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fruit of the chokecherry tree
  2. noun a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
    Prunus virginiana; chokecherry tree.

WordNet


Choke"cher`ry noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.

Webster 1913