chokecherry

drupe

Seed-bearing fleshy fruit

• berrySmall edible fruit
• pitFruit's hard seed
• stoneSolid earth fragment

harvest · jam · jelly · preserves · syrup · wine · picking · ripening · pulp · juice

shrub

Small woody plant

• deciduousSheds foliage seasonally
• thicketDense shrub cluster
• understoryForest's lower vegetation tier

woodland · sapling · bark · twigs · leaves · foliage · hardy · perennial · suckering · hedge

traditional

Following long-held customs

• ethnobotanyScience of human-plant relationships
• First NationsCanada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
• pemmicanConcentrated portable meat provisions

medicinal · ceremonial · dye · ancestral · Lakota · Cheyenne · Plains tribes · dried · food preservation · cultural

bitter

Sharp, unpleasant taste

• astringentTissue-contracting agent
• tartSharp-flavored small pie
• sourSharp, biting taste

sharp · pungent · tannic · acidic · harsh · unpalatable · acrid · biting · acerbic · unsweetened

birds

Egg-laying flying vertebrates

• bearsSupports or tolerates
• wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
• forageSeek food actively

browse · deer · songbirds · cedar waxwing · grouse · habitat · ecosystem · food source · pollinator · thicket

cyanide

Toxic carbon-nitrogen compound

• poisonousCapable of causing death
• glycosideSugar bound to non-sugar
• pitsSeeds or hollows

seeds · livestock · cattle · toxic · harmful · danger · warning

landscaping

Modifying outdoor areas aesthetically

• gardenCultivated plant area
• shrubberyPlanted area of bushes
• decorativeServing to beautify

specimen · cultivar · Schubert · hedge · windbreak · screening · wildlife garden · border · naturalized

• American PlantsAmerican elm, aster, azalea, bluebonnets, bluebonnet
• stone fruitspeach, plum, apricot, nectarine, peaches
• cherry varieties
• indigenous lifewaysthree sisters, tribal customs, pemmican, wild rice, fishing practices
• Native Foodspemmican, wild rice, bison, venison, three sisters
• native plantssagebrush, dogwood, wildflowers, milkweed, juniper