noun
common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
• Syn: ↑black elderberry, ↑sweet elder, ↑Sambucus canadensis
• Hypernyms: ↑elder, ↑elderberry bush
• Part Meronyms: ↑elderberry
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
: an elder (Sambucus canadensis) of eastern No. America with pale yellow branches, leaves with usually seven leaflets, flat-topped flower clusters, and purplish black fruit about 1/4 inch in diameter
Useful english dictionary. 2012.