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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 June·ber·ry n. Bot. (a) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service berry. (b) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and shad tree.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Serv·ice n., or Serv·ice.  Bot. A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and Pyrus torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.
 Service berry Bot., the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.)