shadblow

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shad·blow

(shăd′blō′)

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shadblow

(ˈʃædˌbləʊ)

(Plants) another name for serviceberry¹

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shadblow - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit

Juneberry, serviceberry, shadbush, service tree

shadberry, juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry - edible purple or red berries

Amelanchier, genus Amelanchier - North American deciduous trees or shrubs

alderleaf Juneberry, alder-leaved serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia - shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits

Amelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry - open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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Shadblow, or serviceberry, another early bloomer, was said to mark "the shad run"--the migratory fish swimming up the Hudson to spawn.

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Serviceberry, also known in this area as Shadblow, Shadbush or Juneberry, is a member of the genus Amelanchier.