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noun
Multiple species in the genus Amelanchier:
Amelanchier ovalis, also called the Savoy medlar.
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noun
Multiple species in the genus Amelanchier:
Amelanchier lamarckii, also called juneberry, serviceberry or shadbush.
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History
From snowy + mespilus, a borrowing from translingual Mespilus, the genus they were formerly in.
