CHOKEBERRY

Etymology

Noun

chokeberry (plural chokeberries)

Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.

The fruit of such a shrub.

Source: Wiktionary

Choke"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition