How to Use chokecherry in a Sentence

chokecherry

noun
  • Most parts of the chokecherry shrub are toxic to humans and livestock.
    Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • Like all the chokecherries in Alaska, this one has been imported to this spot.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2018
  • But with a group of our size, bears could hear us from miles away, and there was no chance of surprising a grizzly in the midst of a chokecherry feast.
    Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The sweet aroma of simmering wojape, the Lakota chokecherry dish, time-warps me back to my 6-year-old self.
    New York Times, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The shelterbelt was a half-mile long and 50 yards wide, and there were cottonwoods, pine trees, elm and chokecherry bushes.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Classmates planted a chokecherry tree in memory of their friend.
    Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 26 July 2019
  • Redbud and sweetgum, chokecherry and crabapple, hornbeam and plum.
    Marc McAndrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2020
  • This time, it’s Roy Corral’s image of a single yellow aspen leaf among purple chokecherry leaves.
    Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2021
  • By the time Sherry got there for breakfast, which was every Sunday morning, the house smelled of fresh sourdough, pancakes browning in butter and hot chokecherry syrup.
    Tejal Rao, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Fruiting cherries don’t like it here very much, but the escarpment black cherry and Canada red chokecherry are just terrific.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Some are barely edible, such as wild black cherry, whose wood makes wonderful lumber, and chokecherry.
    Washington Post, 2 July 2019
  • Part of the Parley Vue Rosé series, this not-too-sweet sipper has notes of strawberry, chokecherry, cranberry and watermelon rind.
    Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 29 July 2019
  • Also known as a chokecherry or Mayday tree, this is an invasive species that harms native wildlife and local vegetation.
    Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Two unique trees that grow a little larger and like more sunlight include Canadian red chokecherry, Persian ironwood and paperbark maple.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 9 July 2019
  • To get the fall color of burning bush without the ecological destruction, go with chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) instead.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Instead, Wahpepah said she’s become known for her Indiginous teas, such as wild plum-chokecherry, hibiscus and elderberry sweetened with maple.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Mango and lime pickles are commonly sold in the United States, but nothing escapes pickling in India: plums and hog plums, cherries and chokecherries, sprouted fenugreek seeds, bamboo shoots, fat gooseberries, hibiscus flowers and green walnuts.
    Tejal Rao, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2020

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'chokecherry.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: