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European elder

noun

a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies

• Syn: ↑bourtree, ↑black elder, ↑common elder, ↑elderberry, ↑Sambucus nigra

• Hypernyms: ↑elder, ↑elderberry bush

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized 1st E

: an elder tree or bush native to Europe; especially : bourtree

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an elder, Sambucus nigra, of Europe and Asia, bearing black fruit. Also called bourtree.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.