HyperDic: sambucus_canadensis

English > 1 sense of the expression Sambucus canadensis:
NOUNplantSambucus canadensis, American elder, black elderberry, sweet eldercommon elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries
English > Sambucus canadensis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcommon elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies.
SynonymsAmerican elder, black elderberry, sweet elder
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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