Lexic.us

Definition of Sweet elder

1. Noun. Common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Elder

Literary usage of Sweet elder

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

1. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"... ELDER-BLOW, ELDERBERRY, sweet elder OR BORE PLANT. (Sambucus canadensis) \ A bush 4 to 10 feet high, well known for its large pith which can be pushed ..."

2. The Farmers' Alliance History and Agricultural Digest by Nelson A. Dunning (1891)
"... one ounce; carbolic acid, one drachm; mix and boil over a slow fire. Skim off the filth and add two ounces of the scraping of sweet elder. ..."

3. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English: Or, Medicine by Ray Vaughn Pierce (1918)
"sweet elder- flowers are a valuable alterative, diuretic, mucous and glandular stimulant, excellent in eruptive, cutaneous, and scrofulous diseases of ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"AMERICAN or sweet elder. Fig. 3543. Shrub, to 12 ft., stoloniferous: branches pale yellowish gray, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The best-known species in America js S. canadensis, the common or sweet elder, which is frequently seen in fence-rows, along roadsides, and on the margins ..."

6. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"... ELDER-BLOW, ELDERBERRY, sweet elder OR BORE PLANT. (Sambucus canadensis) \ A bush 4 to 10 feet high, well known for its large pith which can be pushed ..."

7. The Farmers' Alliance History and Agricultural Digest by Nelson A. Dunning (1891)
"... one ounce; carbolic acid, one drachm; mix and boil over a slow fire. Skim off the filth and add two ounces of the scraping of sweet elder. ..."

8. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English: Or, Medicine by Ray Vaughn Pierce (1918)
"sweet elder- flowers are a valuable alterative, diuretic, mucous and glandular stimulant, excellent in eruptive, cutaneous, and scrofulous diseases of ..."

9. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"AMERICAN or sweet elder. Fig. 3543. Shrub, to 12 ft., stoloniferous: branches pale yellowish gray, ..."

10. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The best-known species in America js S. canadensis, the common or sweet elder, which is frequently seen in fence-rows, along roadsides, and on the margins ..."

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