Elderberry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of the common American elder (Sambucus canadensis), sometimes used to make wine or preserves.
  • n. A shrub or tree that bears elderberries.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. elder; a shrub or tree of the genus Sambucus
  • n. the small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wines or jellies.
  • n. the European variety of elder (see 3rd elder), a common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia; the fruit is used for wines and jellies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The purplish-black drupaceous fruit of the elder, Sambucus nigra and S. Canadensis, having an acidulous and sweetish taste, and used for making a kind of wine. The inspissated juice is employed as an aperient and a diuretic.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
  • n. a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    edible fruit    stone fruit    drupe    elder    elderberry bush   
    Cross Reference
    sambuca   
    Variant
    elder   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bourtree    black elder    common elder    european elder    sambucus nigra   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    thick-leaved    ditto    rokeg    pokeberry    elderflower   
     
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