Elderberry - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Elderberry : (noun)
1: common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies [syn: bourtree, black elder, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra]
2: berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)