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sorb

1  [sawrb] ,
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–noun
1. a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
2. Also called sorb apple. the fruit of this tree.
Origin:
1520–30; < L sorbum serviceberry and sorbus service tree

Related forms:
sorbic, adjective
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Sorb 
1836 (implied in Sorbian), from Ger. Sorbe, from Slavic Serb, the national designation. Slavic people surviving in Lusatia, eastern Saxony, also known as Wends.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sorb
Pronunciation: 'sorb
Function: transitive verb
: to take up and hold by either adsorption or absorption
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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