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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies [syn: bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra]
2: berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1589 1. the edible black or red berrylike drupe of any of a genus (Sambucus) of shrubs or trees of the honeysuckle family bearing flat clusters of small white or pink flowers 2. a tree or shrub bearing elderberries

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) the berry of the elder, esp. common elder (Sambucus nigra) used for making jelly, wine, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Elderberry El"der*ber`ry, n. (Bot.) 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 wine.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(elderberries) 1. Elderberries are the edible black berries that grow on an elder bush or tree. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. An elderberry is an elder bush or tree. N-VAR