English > elder: 4 senses > noun 2, plant| Meaning | Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit. |
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| Synonym | elderberry bush |
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| Member of | Sambucus, genus Sambucus | elder |
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| Narrower | American elder, black elderberry, sweet elder, Sambucus canadensis | common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries |
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| American red elder, red-berried elder, stinking elder, Sambucus pubens | Common North American shrub or small tree |
| European red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa | Eurasian shrub |
| blue elder, blue elderberry, Sambucus caerulea | shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries |
| bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra | A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia |
| dwarf elder, danewort, Sambucus ebulus | Dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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| Spanish | saúco |
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| Catalan | saüc, saüquer |
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