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black elder
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  black elder - a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jelliesbourtree, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigraelderberry bush, elder - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit |
EncyclopediaSeesambucus nigrablack elder
elderberry Herbal medicine
A flowering shrub, the flowers and berries of which contain cyanogenic glycosides, essential fatty (linoleic, linolenic and palmitic) acids, flavonoids, mucilage, pectins, resin, tannic acid and vitamin C. It is antipyretic, diaphoretic, expectorant, laxative and a mild stimulant; it has been used as an infusion for colds and respiratory tract infections, and topically for skin irritation and conjunctivitis.black elder
Related to black elder: elderberrySynonyms for black eldernoun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and AsiaSynonyms- bourtree
- common elder
- elderberry
- European elder
- Sambucus nigra
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