saskatoon

From Cree ᒥᓵᐢᑿᑑᒥᐣ (misaaskwatoomin, “saskatoon berry”), from ᒥᓵᐢᑿᐟ (misaaskwat, “saskatoon shrub”) + ᒥᐣ (min, “berry”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæskəˈtuːn/
• Hyphenation: sas‧ka‧toon

saskatoon (plural saskatoons)

1. (Canadian Prairies) A shrub inhabiting western North America (Amelanchier alnifolia).
2. (Canadian Prairies) The edible berry of this shrub.

• (berry): saskatoon berry, juneberry, serviceberry (Ontario)

• Saskatoon
• saskatoon blueberry

• “saskatoon” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

• Amelanchier alnifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amelanchier alnifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Amelanchier alnifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English saskatoon

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑskɑtoːn/,
• Rhymes: -ɑskɑtoːn
• Syllabification^(key): sas‧ka‧toon

saskatoon

1. saskatoon (berry)
2. Synonym of marjatuomipihlaja (“saskatoon”) (shrub Amelanchier alnifolia, especially the commercially exploited cultivars of it).