Definitions for chokecherry

chokecherry choke·cher·ry

Spelling: [chohk-cher-ee]
IPA: /ˈtʃoʊkˌtʃɛr i/

Chokecherry is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in chokecherry (cceehhkorry).

Definitions for chokecherry

noun

  1. any of several cherries, especially Prunus virginiana, of North America, that bear an astringent fruit.
  2. the fruit itself.

Origin of chokecherry

An Americanism dating back to 1775-85; choke + cherry

Examples for chokecherry

Opposite the schoolhouse was a little copse of chokecherry bushes, and we stepped in among them to watch.

The surrounding trees were mountain mahogany and chokecherry.

It tore aspens and chokecherry bushes out of the ground and left the yuccas hanging by their tough roots.

Sometimes they were made of chokecherry wood; and Joseph LaFlèche informs me that he has made them of ash and hickory.

When Thea first came, the chokecherry bushes were in blossom, and the scent of them was almost sickeningly sweet after a shower.

There were some chokecherry bushes higher than her head, and there were other bushes that did not look particularly enlivening.

There are two species of gooseberry here, but neither of them yet ripe: nor are the chokecherry, though in great quantities.

The wild black cherry is the most noxious species, and the chokecherry is not far behind it.

Word Value for chokecherry
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