Aronia

noun

Aro·​nia

əˈrōnēə

: a small genus of shrubs (family Rosaceae) comprising the chokeberries and having white or pink flowers in terminal compound cymes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek arōnia medlar tree

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