Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
sorb apple
n 1: medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing
edible fruit [syn: {service tree}, {sorb apple tree}, {Sorbus
domestica}]
2: acid gritty-textured fruit [syn: {sorb}]