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saskatoon willow Obs. 
a species of serviceberry (def. 1), Amelanchier alnifolia, common in the West and prized for its succulent berries.
See also: saskatoon bush serviceberry (def. 1)
- c1804 [[There is] a fine fruit not larger than a currant, tasting much like a pear and growing on a small tree about the size of a willow.]
- 1889 Their bows are of cherry-wood, strung with a leathern thong, and their arrows of the Saskatoon willow, winged with feathers, and pointed with scrap-iron, filed to a sharp point.
- c1804 [[There is] a fine fruit not larger than a currant, tasting much like a pear and growing on a small tree about the size of a willow.]