1. A common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favoured by birds
   "Birds gathered in the chokecherry trees to feast on the ripe fruit";
   - chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana
    
2. The fruit of the chokecherry tree
   "Birds and small mammals fed on the abundant chokecherries in the autumn"

Derived forms: chokecherries

Type of: cherry, cherry tree, fruit

Part of: genus Prunus, Prunus

Encyclopedia: Chokecherry