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 El·der n.  Bot. A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
 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.
 Box elder. See under 1st Box.
 Dwarf elder. See Danewort.
 Elder tree. Bot. Same as Elder. --Shak.
 Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
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 el·der·ber·ry n. Bot.
 1. The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wines or jellies.
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 Sambucus nigra
      n : common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia;
          fruit used for wines and jellies [syn: bourtree, black
          elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder]