chokeberry
noun
choke·ber·ry
ˈchōk-ˌber-ē 
: a small berrylike astringent fruit
also
: any of a genus (Aronia) of North American shrubs of the rose family bearing chokeberries
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Black chokeberry is considered a prairie shrub and native to the sandy soils of northeastern Illinois, but it’s become too much of a good thing at the Gensburg-Markham Prairie, according to event organizers.
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Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
The main culprit organizers identified was black chokeberry, but other problematic plants included willows and aspens.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Aronia berry, also known as chokeberry, is one candidate.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
By Josie Taris, The Aspen Times What’s a chokeberry shrub in comparison to half an Italian sub?
—The Aspen Times, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2024
As part of the class’ seed-to-table program, the youngsters will care for the 30 plum, pawpaw, persimmon and chokeberry trees, harvest their fruit and use the fruit in a salad, for a snack or perhaps to bake a pie.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
Red Lake Ojibwe sell mail-order wild rice and chokeberry jam.
—Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2021
Felimon Chairez, 53, a field worker at McKay Nurseries, grades and counts black chokeberry shrubs Jan. 20 in Waterloo, Wis.
—NBC News, 2 Feb. 2022
Norris often leans on chokeberry, leadplant, red osier dogwood, and small junipers in his garden.
—Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2021
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Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
The main culprit organizers identified was black chokeberry, but other problematic plants included willows and aspens.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Aronia berry, also known as chokeberry, is one candidate.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
By Josie Taris, The Aspen Times What’s a chokeberry shrub in comparison to half an Italian sub?
—The Aspen Times, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2024
As part of the class’ seed-to-table program, the youngsters will care for the 30 plum, pawpaw, persimmon and chokeberry trees, harvest their fruit and use the fruit in a salad, for a snack or perhaps to bake a pie.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
Red Lake Ojibwe sell mail-order wild rice and chokeberry jam.
—Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2021
Felimon Chairez, 53, a field worker at McKay Nurseries, grades and counts black chokeberry shrubs Jan. 20 in Waterloo, Wis.
—NBC News, 2 Feb. 2022
Norris often leans on chokeberry, leadplant, red osier dogwood, and small junipers in his garden.
—Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2021
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“Chokeberry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chokeberry. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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