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Sambucus

noun

elder; elderberry

• Syn: ↑genus Sambucus

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Caprifoliaceae, ↑family Caprifoliaceae, ↑honeysuckle family

• Member Meronyms:

↑elder, ↑elderberry bush, ↑blue elder, ↑blue elderberry, ↑Sambucus caerulea, ↑dwarf elder, ↑danewort, ↑Sambucus ebulus

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\\-kəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, elder tree

: a genus of shrubs, trees, or rarely herbs (family Caprifoliaceae) that are native to temperate regions and have pinnate leaves with serrate or incised leaflets, white or pink flowers in thyrsoid cymes with the corolla regular, rotate, and 3- to 5-lobed and with five stamens, and a black or red berrylike fruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.