Noun | 1.dwarf elder - dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odordanewort, Sambucus ebulusgenus Sambucus, Sambucus - elder; elderberryelderberry bush, elder - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit | | 2. dwarf elder - bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal barkAralia hispida, bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparillagenus Aralia - type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-clubsubshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |