Bot. [ad. Savoy amelancier the medlar tree.] A genus of small trees, natives of Europe and N. America, allied to the Medlar and Cotoneaster.
1741. Compl. Fam.-Piece, II. iii. 374. Trees and Shrubs which are now in Flower … wild Service or Quickbeam, Amelanchier.
1866. Johns, in Treas. Bot., s.v., The common Amelanchier has long been cultivated in England.
