HyperDic: american_elder

English > 1 sense of the expression American elder:
NOUNplantAmerican elder, black elderberry, sweet elder, Sambucus canadensiscommon elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries
English > American elder: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcommon elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies.
Synonymsblack elderberry, sweet elder, Sambucus canadensis
Partselderberryberrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
Broaderelder, elderberry bushAny of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

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