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Noun: European elder  ,yûr-u'pee-un 'el-du(r)
  1. A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
    "The European elder's berries were harvested to make elderberry wine";
    - bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, Sambucus nigra

Type of: elder, elderberry bush

Encyclopedia: European elder