sorb

Any of several Eurasian trees of the genus Sorbus of the rose family, especially a service tree.

The fruit of any of these plants.

To take up and hold, as by absorption or adsorption.

A member of a Slavic race resident in Saxony and adjoining parts of Prussia. Also called Wend, or Lusatian Wend.

The service-tree, Pyrus (Sorbus) domestica.