hagberry

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English

Prunus padus (hagberry)

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Etymology

From hag +‎ berry.

According to Some Folklore of Trees, Animals, and River-fishing from the N.E. of Scotland, "The wood of the 'hackberry' or bird-cherry (Prunus padus) is not used as a staff or for any other purpose, as it is looked on as the witch's tree."

Noun

hagberry (plural hagberries)

Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
Its bittersweet astringent fruit, readily eaten by birds.

Synonyms

(tree): bird cherry
(fruit): bird cherry, hag, hackberry

Translations

tree — see bird cherry

fruit — see bird cherry

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