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Definition of Torminalis

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P torminalis
Service Serv"ice, n., or Service Serv"ice [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.)
Purus torminalis
Chess-apple Chess"-ap`ple, n. The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).
Pyrus torminalis
Sorb Sorb, n.[L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See Service tree.] (Bot.) (a) The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree. (b) The fruit of these trees. Sorb apple, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree. Sorb tree, the wild service tree.

Meaning of Torminalis from wikipedia

- closely-related plants. There are two varieties: Torminalis glaberrima var. torminalis. Europe, northwest Africa. Torminalis glaberrima var. caucasica. Caucasus and...
- Karpatiosorbus - Aria × Torminalis hybrids Majovskya - Aria × Chamaemespilus hybrids Scandosorbus - syn. Borkhausenia; Aria × Sorbus × Torminalis hybrids Normeyera...
- Karpatiosorbus - Aria × Torminalis hybrids Majovskya - Aria × Chamaemespilus hybrids Scandosorbus (syn. Borkhausenia) - Aria × Sorbus × Torminalis hybrids Normeyera...
- Scandosorbus - syn. Borkhausenia; Aria × Sorbus × Torminalis hybrids: 226  Stran****a Thomsonaria Torminalis - chequer tree Wilsonaria Intergeneric hybrids:...
- genus Sorbus aucuparia, a species belonging to the Sorbus genus Sorbus torminalis, a species belonging to the Sorbus genus Sorb, the fruit of the true service...
- Fraxinus ornus, a true ash that is also known as "mountain ash". Sorbus torminalis is also known as "chequer tree"; its fruits, formerly used to flavour...
- Alternatively, the house could have been named after the chequer trees (Sorbus torminalis) that grow in its grounds. There is a reference to this in the book Elizabeth:...
- intermedia was derived from an ancient hybridization among Aria, Sorbus, and Torminalis. S. liljeforsii is more recently derived from S. intermedia × Sorbus aucuparia...
- Sorbus domestica, the true service tree Sorbus aucuparia, the rowan Sorbus torminalis, the wild service tree This page is an index of articles on plant species...
- service tree of Fontainebleau Sorbus pseudofennica, Arran service tree Torminalis glaberrima, wild service tree Serviceberry, Amelanchier This page is an...