noun, feminine/a.me.lɑ̃ʃ/plural: amélanches
fruit of any tree that is described under amélanchier (serviceberry).
From Southeastern Occitan amelanca, rebracketing with the article from melanco, containing an Ancient Ligurian suffix attached to a word for black cognate to Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”) and Latvian melns (“black”), calling the fruits by their colour.