noun, feminine/a.me.lɑ̃ʃ/plural: amélanches
amélanche is feminine in French.
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.