Sorb n. 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.
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sorb apple
n 1: medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing
edible fruit [syn: service tree, sorb apple tree, Sorbus
domestica]
2: acid gritty-textured fruit [syn: sorb]