service
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noun \ˈsər-vəs\Definition of SERVICE
: an Old World tree (Sorbus domestica) resembling the related mountain ashes but having larger flowers and larger edible fruit; also : a related Old World tree (S. torminalis) with bitter fruits
Origin of SERVICE
Middle English serves, plural of serve fruit of the service tree, service tree, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus service tree
First Known Use: 1530
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