chokecherry means any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Etymology
From choke + cherry, so called from the extreme astringency of the fresh fruit.
noun
- Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana.“The youngster-loved chokecherry grows both as a bushy shrub and as a tree seldom higher than 22 feet, its branches bending with clusters of darkening red or blackish purple berrylike drupes . . .”
- The fruit of this plant.“There were handfuls of chokecherries for dessert and a lemonade made from sumac.”