elderberry

el·der·ber·ry  (ldr-br)

n.

1. The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of the common American elder (Sambucus canadensis), sometimes used to make wine or preserves.

2. A shrub or tree that bears elderberries.

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elderberry

Noun

pl -ries

1. the fruit of the elder

2. same as elder²

Thesaurus

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