Sorbus

See also: sorbus

Translingual

Sorbus hibernica

Etymology

From Latin sorbus (“service tree, Sorbus domestica”).

Proper noun

Sorbus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – about 100–200 species of trees, including whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Maleae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Sorbus aucuparia - type species
- Sorbus subg. Albocarmesinae, Sorbus subg. Aria, Sorbus subg. Chamaemespilus, Sorbus subg. Cormus, Sorbus subg. Micromeles, Sorbus subg. Sorbus, Sorbus subg. Torminaria - subgenera
- Sorbus torminalis, Sorbus domestica - selected species; for other species see Category:Sorbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons .

Derived terms

References

Sorbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sorbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sorbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sorbus at USDA Plants database

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