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Sorb

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Noun

1. sorb, sorb apple

acid gritty-textured fruit

Verb

2. sorb, take up

take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

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Sorb

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noun
1.  another name for service tree (sense 1)
2. 
any of various related trees, esp the mountain ash
3. Also called: sorb apple
the fruit of any of these trees
noun
a member of a Slavonic people living chiefly in the rural areas of E Germany between the upper reaches of the Oder and Elbe rivers (Lusatia)
. Also called: Wend, Lusatian

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Sorb

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noun
Lusatian (sense 1)
noun
1. 
any of a number of European trees of the rose family, as the rowan and the service tree
2. 
the fruit of any of these trees

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Sorb

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tr.v. sorbed, sorb·ing, sorbs
To take up and hold, as by absorption or adsorption.
n.
1. Any of several Eurasian trees of the genus Sorbus of the rose family, especially a service tree.
2. The fruit of any of these plants.
n.
A member of a Slavic people inhabiting the region of Lusatia in eastern Germany and southwest Poland.

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