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Definition of Common elder
1. Noun. A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies.
Generic synonyms: Elder, Elderberry Bush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Elder
Literary usage of Common elder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"S. NIGRA (the common elder) is most useful in its variety a urea with leaves of a
... Other varieties of the common elder are variegata, with leaves freely ..."
2. On Planting and Rural Ornament: A Practical Treatise by Mr Marshall, Marshall (William) (1803)
"The common elder admits of many Varieties: The Black Elder, The White-berried
Elder, The Green-berried Elder, The Gold-striped Elder, The Parsley-leaved ..."
3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"S. nigra, the common elder, is a well-known tree of rapid growth when young,
remarkable for the stoutness of its shoots, which when a year old are as large ..."
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