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Noun: sorb apple  sorb a-pul
  1. The acid gritty-textured fruit of the service tree (Cormus domestica)
    "The sorb apple is rarely eaten raw, and sweetens after bletting";
    - sorb
     
  2. Medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
    "The sorb apple produced abundant fruit that autumn";
    - service tree, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica, Cormus domestica

Derived forms: sorb apples

Type of: edible fruit, mountain ash

Encyclopedia: Sorb apple