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Definition of Sambucus nigra

1. Noun. A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sambucus Nigra

Literary usage of Sambucus nigra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1803)
"Cor. 5-cleft. Berry with 3 feeds. SPEC. CHAR. Cymes with five principal branches. Leaflets ovate. Stem a tree. SYN. sambucus nigra. Linn. Sp. PI. 385. Witb. ..."

2. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"They compensate, therefore, for the stomata in older parts of plants, in which the fd X - Fis. 60.—Cross-section through a Lenticel of sambucus nigra; e, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"sambucus nigra. sambucus nigra (Linn.). Elder. N. 0. Caprifoliaceae. Tincture of fresh leaves and flowers. Clinical.—Angina pectoris. Asthma. ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"(1) A word used by Tusser, and probably meaning sambucus nigra, L.—Prior, p. ... Wr.; Prior, p. 26. Bore-tree, or Bor-tree. (1) sambucus nigra, L.— Ches. ..."

5. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1803)
"Cor. 5-cleft. Berry with 3 feeds. SPEC. CHAR. Cymes with five principal branches. Leaflets ovate. Stem a tree. SYN. sambucus nigra. Linn. Sp. PI. 385. Witb. ..."

6. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"They compensate, therefore, for the stomata in older parts of plants, in which the fd X - Fis. 60.—Cross-section through a Lenticel of sambucus nigra; e, ..."

7. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"sambucus nigra. sambucus nigra (Linn.). Elder. N. 0. Caprifoliaceae. Tincture of fresh leaves and flowers. Clinical.—Angina pectoris. Asthma. ..."

8. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"(1) A word used by Tusser, and probably meaning sambucus nigra, L.—Prior, p. ... Wr.; Prior, p. 26. Bore-tree, or Bor-tree. (1) sambucus nigra, L.— Ches. ..."

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