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shadbush

[ shad-boosh ]

noun

  1. the serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
  2. any of various other species of Amelanchier.


shadbush

/ ˈʃæˌʊʃ /

noun

  1. another name for serviceberry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shadbush1

1810–20, Americanism; shad ( shadberry ) + bush 1
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I take him back to the shadbush and Shiloh lays down.

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Azaleas, mountain laurel, blueberry, huckleberry, viburnum, dogwood, hayberry, sweet fern, low shadbush, winterberry, chokecherry, and wild plum are dying under the chemical barrage.

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Azaleas, mountain laurel, blueberries, huckleberries, viburnums, dogwood, bayberry, sweet fern, low shadbush, winterberry, chokecherry, and wild plum are dying before the chemical barrage.

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To confirm the identification, Mr. Atha sent a specimen to a shadbush expert at the University of Maine.

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Woven with care, it was painstakingly placed in the thin, forked branches of a shadbush, perhaps by a catbird, when spring was young and the woods were filled with wildflowers.

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