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Sweet elder   /swit ˈɛldər/   Listen
Sweet elder

noun
1.
Common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies.  Synonyms: American elder, black elderberry, Sambucus canadensis.






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"Sweet elder" Quotes from Famous Books



... minnow, and gudgeon, and sticklebacks, and plenty of small pike basking in the sun. The largest and bluest forget-me-nots, and water-mints, and big water-docks and burdocks flourish in the water, and the hedge beyond is full of sweet elder in flower, and covered with wild hops. Huge elms, partly decaying, and a dark grove of tall beeches line the park near the moat, and besides water and flowers there is shade and the motion of leaves. If the proposal to build ...
— The Naturalist on the Thames • C. J. Cornish



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