sorbus torminalis

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   European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit

   Synonymswild service tree

   Broaderservice tree

Questions about sorbus torminalis

What does sorbus torminalis mean?

sorbus torminalis means "European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit".

What is another word for sorbus torminalis?

Close synonyms include wild service 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 torminalis a common word?

sorbus torminalis 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.