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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies;
[syn: bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG. elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder; or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries. [1913 Webster] Note: The common North American species is Sambucus Canadensis; the common European species (S. nigra) forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is S. pubens. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, black elder, and common elder. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Box elder. See under 1st Box. Dwarf elder. See Danewort. Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. --Shak. Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

common elder n 1: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies [syn: bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra]