sorbus domestica

Questions about sorbus domestica

What does sorbus domestica mean?

sorbus domestica means "medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit".

What is another word for sorbus domestica?

Close synonyms include service tree, sorb apple, sorb apple tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sorbus domestica a common word?

sorbus domestica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.