sorbic
noun
1.
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
2.
Also called sorb apple. the fruit of this tree.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin sorbum serviceberry and sorbus service tree
1520–30; < Latin sorbum serviceberry and sorbus service tree
Related forms
sorb·ic, adjective
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sorb (sɔːb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | another name for service tree |
| 2. | any of various related trees, esp the mountain ash |
| 3. | Also called: sorb apple the fruit of any of these trees |
| [C16: from Latin sorbus the sorb, service tree] | |
| 'sorbic | |
| —adj | |
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| sorb (sɔːb) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | another name for service tree |
| 2. | any of various related trees, esp the mountain ash |
| 3. | Also called: sorb apple the fruit of any of these trees |
| [C16: from Latin sorbus the sorb, service tree] | |
| 'sorbic | |
| —adj | |
| Sorb (sɔːb) | |
| —n | |
| Wend, Also called: Lusatian a member of a Slavonic people living chiefly in the rural areas of E Germany between the upper reaches of the Oder and Elbe rivers (Lusatia) | |
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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.
sorb
"fruit of the service tree," 1530, from Fr. sorbe, from L. sorbum "service-berry" (small, edible fruit of the European mountain ash), from sorbus, from PIE base *sor-/*ser- "red, reddish-brown." Hence sorbic acid (1815), so called because it was first isolated from these berries.
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