chuckley a Cp various astringent fruit in OED and DAE: choke cherry (1796-), choke plum (1556), choke pear (1530-1672); EDD chuckley 'of bread: gritty, badly made' Ha.
   Comb chuckley pear, also chuck: a flowering shrub; the sweet purple berries of this shrub; Juneberry; INDIAN PEAR, WILD ~ (Amelanchier spp) (1956 ROULEAU 28).
   P 245-56 [Berries called] chucks are chuckley pears. 1966 HORWOOD 19 Among the former were the purple chuckley pears. 1975 SCOTT 45 The Chuckley Pears appeal most to the palate in the autumn but it is in the spring when they are most beautiful.
   chuckley-plum, also chucky ~ : a small tree; the dark fruit of this tree; choke-cherry (Prunus virginiana) (1895 N S Inst Sci ix, 89).
   1883 HOWLEY MS Reminiscences 27 Cherry of two varieties, the ordinary Wild Cherry and the Choke cherry, which latter is known to the Northern people as Chockly plum. 1972 MURRAY 235 'Chucky plums'. . . and 'sasprilla berries' (Aralia hispida) were both mentioned as cures for eczema. 1975 SCOTT 49 The Choke Cherry or Chuckley Plum is not as common as the Pin Cherry.

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