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sorb |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sorb \Sorb\, n.[L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf F. sorbe. See {Service tree}.] (Bot.) a The wild service tree ({Pyrus torminalis}) of Europe; also the rowan tree. b The fruit of these trees. {Sorb apple}, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree. {Sorb tree}, the wild service tree. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sorb n : acid gritty-textured fruit [syn: {sorb apple}] v : take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption; in chemistry [syn: {take up}]
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