Medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit; SYN. sorb apple, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica.
Deciduous Eurasian tree Sorbus domestica of the rose family Rosaceae, with alternate pinnate leaves, white flowers, and small, edible, oval fruit. The European wild service tree Sorbus torminalis has oblong rather than pointed leaflets. It is related to the mountain ash.