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chokeberry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

The fruit of such a shrub.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From choke + berry, describing the astringency of the fruits, which are inedible when raw.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَرُونِيَة (ʔarūniya) — deciduous shrub in genus Aronia
  • Bulgarian: арония (aronija) — deciduous shrub in genus Aronia
  • Finnish: aronia — deciduous shrub in genus Aronia
  • Greek: αρώνια (arónia) — deciduous shrub in genus Aronia
  • Korean: 아로니아속 (aroniasok) — deciduous shrub in genus Aronia
  • Norwegian: svartsurbærbusk — deciduous shrub in genus Aronia
  • Polish: aronia — deciduous shrub in genus Aronia
  • Swedish: aronia — deciduous shrub in genus Aronia
  • Norwegian: svartsurbær — fruit of such a shrub
  • Polish: aronia — fruit of such a shrub
  • Scottish Gaelic: dearc-thachdaidh — fruit of such a shrub
  • Swedish: aroniabär — fruit of such a shrub
  • Turkish: aronya — fruit of such a shrub