chokeberry

noun (plural chokeberries)

• a North American shrub of the rose family, with white flowers and red autumn foliage, cultivated as an ornamental.

  • Genus Aronia, family Rosaceae: several species, especially the red chokeberry (A. arbutifolia), purple chokeberry (A. floribunda), and black chokeberry (A. melanocarpa), each named for the color of its fruits
• the berrylike fruit of the chokeberry plant, which is bitter and unpalatable.