- alisier

alisier, alizier sorb apple tree, service tree. Sorbus domesticus, in the same family as the whitebeam, and is often confused with the rowan, sorbus aucuparia. The alisier and the cormier, a regional var., are species of sorbus, which has become the service tree by a process of folk etymology in English. It produces a bland edible fruit, and the wood is used for making the handles of tools.