Sorb

[sɒ:b]

Definition

(noun.) acid gritty-textured fruit.

(verb.) take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption.

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Definition

(n.) The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree.

(n.) The fruit of these trees.

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Definition

n. one of a Slavonic race in Saxony and the neighbouring parts of Prussia.—Also Wend or Lusatian Wend.—adj. Sor′bian pertaining to the Sorbs or their language.—n. a Sorb or the Sorbian tongue.—adj. and n. Sor′bish.

n. the mountain-ash or service-tree.—ns. Sorb′-apple the fruit of the service-tree; Sor′bāte Sor′bin or Sor′bine Sor′bite.—adj. Sor′bic pertaining to or from the sorb.

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