service tree
noun
1.
either of two European trees,
Sorbus domestica,
bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or
S. torminalis
(wild service tree)
bearing a similar fruit.
2.
serviceberry
(defs 2, 3).
Origin
1535-45
Examples from the web for
service tree
Corrected extreme slowness problem on building of consults
service tree
for large sites.
British Dictionary definitions for
service tree
service tree
noun
1.
Also called
sorb.
a Eurasian rosaceous tree,
Sorbus domestica,
cultivated for its white flowers and brown edible apple-like fruits
2.
wild service tree,
a similar and related Eurasian tree,
Sorbus torminalis
Word Origin
service,
from Old English
syrfe,
from Vulgar Latin
sorbea
(unattested), from Latin
sorbus
sorb