Sambucus

Sam`bu´cus

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(Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Sambucus - elder; elderberry                     genus Sambucus asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs Caprifoliaceae, family Caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle family - shrubs and small trees and woody vines elderberry bush, elder - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit blue elder, blue elderberry, Sambucus caerulea - shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies danewort, dwarf elder, Sambucus ebulus - dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor