Definition of "chokecherry" [choke•cher•ry]

• A deciduous North American shrub or small tree (Prunus virginiana) in the rose family, having elongate clusters of small white flowers and astringent, dark red to nearly black fruit. (noun)
• The fruit of this plant. (noun)

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• "I was thinking they meant the chokecherry, which is just another one of the cherry trees."
• "The Kempels, who live in Casselton, make wine from North Dakota grown fruits such as chokecherry and rhubarb."
• "A clement breeze, overloaded with the scent of the chokecherry blossoms, eddied around me as I headed to the storage shed."