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American elder

DEFINITIONS OF: American elder

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n common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies

Synonyms:
Sambucus canadensis, black elderberry, sweet elder
Type of:
elder, elderberry bush
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
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