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dwarf elder

DEFINITIONS OF: dwarf elder

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n dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor

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

n bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark

Synonyms:
Aralia hispida, bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla
Type of:
subshrub, suffrutex
low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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