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elderberry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun elderberry has 2 senses
- elderberry(n = noun.plant) black elder, bourtree, common elder, european elder, sambucus nigra - a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies; Array is a kind of elder, elderberry bush
- elderberry(n = noun.food) Array - berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies; Array is a kind of edible fruit, drupe, stone fruit
is a part of american elder, black elderberry, sambucus canadensis, sweet elder
CIDE DICTIONARY
elderberry, 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - 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. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
elderberry, n. (pl. -ies) the berry of the elder, esp. common elder (Sambucus nigra) used for making jelly, wine, etc.
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