HyperDic: black_elderberry

English > 1 sense of the expression black elderberry:
NOUNplantblack elderberry, American elder, sweet elder, Sambucus canadensiscommon elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries
English > black elderberry: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcommon elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies.
SynonymsAmerican elder, sweet elder, Sambucus canadensis
Partselderberryberrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
Broaderelder, elderberry bushAny of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

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