Category:Sorb

Sorb, n.Etym: [l. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See service tree.] (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.