chokecherry

[ chohk-cher-ee ]

/ ˈtʃoʊkˌtʃɛr i /

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

the fruit itself.

Origin of chokecherry

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

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

A Busy Year at the Old Squire's |Charles Asbury Stephens
Sometimes they were made of chokecherry wood; and Joseph LaFlèche informs me that he has made them of ash and hickory.

Omaha Dwellings, Furniture and Implements |James Owen Dorsey,
There were some chokecherry bushes higher than her head, and there were other bushes that did not look particularly enlivening.

Lonesome Land |B. M. Bower
The surrounding trees were mountain mahogany and chokecherry.

Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two |Arthur Bent

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

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. |Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

chokecherry

/ (ˈtʃəʊkˌtʃɛrɪ) /

any of several North American species of cherry, esp Prunus virginiana, having very astringent dark red or black fruit

the fruit of any of these trees