el·der·ber·ry

(ĕl′dər-bĕr′ē)

1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Sambucus, having clusters of small white flowers and small red or purplish-black berrylike fruit. Also called elder².

2. The fruit of certain of these plants, used to make wine or preserves.

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elderberry

(ˈɛldəˌbɛrɪ)

n, pl -ries

1. (Plants) the berry-like fruit of the elder, used for making wines, jellies, etc

2. (Plants) another name for elder¹¹

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

el•der•ber•ry

(ˈɛl dərˌbɛr i, -bə ri)

n., pl. -ries.

1. the berry of the elder, used in making wine and jelly.

2. elder ².

[1400–50]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	elderberry - a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies black elder, bourtree, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra elderberry bush, elder - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
	2.	elderberry - berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh American elder, black elderberry, Sambucus canadensis, sweet elder - common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies drupe, stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube

Translations

saúco

sureau

bodza

sambuco bacca di sambuco

ニワトコ

vlier

hyll

bez

soc

бузина

bezeg

fläderfläderbär

elderberry

[ˈeldəˌberɪ]

A. N → baya f del saúco

B. CPD elderberry wine N → vino m de saúco

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

elderberry

[ˈɛldə^rbɛri] n

(= berry) → baie f de sureau

(= tree) → sureau m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

elderberry

n → Holunderbeere f; elderberry wine → Holunderwein m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

elderberry

[ˈɛldəˌbɛrɪ] n (fruit) → bacca di sambuco; (tree) = elder

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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One's delight in an elderberry bush overhanging the confused leafage of a hedgerow bank, as a more gladdening sight than the finest cistus or fuchsia spreading itself on the softest undulating turf, is an entirely unjustifiable preference to a nursery-gardener, or to any of those regulated minds who are free from the weakness of any attachment that does not rest on a demonstrable superiority of qualities.

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