| NOUN | plant | elderberry, bourtree, black elder, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra | a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia |
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| food | elderberry | berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies |
| Meaning | A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies. | |
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| Synonyms | bourtree, black elder, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra | |
| Broader | elder, elderberry bush | Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit |
| Spanish | baya del saúco | |
| Meaning | berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies. | |
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| Part of | American elder, black elderberry, sweet elder, Sambucus canadensis | common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries |
| Broader | drupe, stone fruit | fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed |
| edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh | |
| Spanish | baya del saúco | |
| Catalan | baia del saüc | |
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