shadbush
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noun
1.
the serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
2.
any of various other species of Amelanchier.
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Shadbush
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
The name of another early bloomer, shadbush, attests to the connection of its flowering with the shad runs.
Plant flowering dogwoods and shadbush to provide food for over twenty species of songbirds.
The shrub layer is variable but often includes shadbush or gray birch.
They are also known as shadbush because they flower when shad are spawning.
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