[L. Cf. SORB1.] A Linnæan genus (now placed under Pyrus) including the service-tree, mountain-ash, etc.; a tree belonging to this genus. Also attrib.
1706. in Phillips (ed. Kersey).
1751. J. Hill, Hist. Plants, 456. The pinnated smooth-leaved Sorbus.
1823. Crabb, Technol. Dict., Sorbus domestica, seu Pyrus, Sorbus Tree, Service, or Sorb.
