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RED-BERRIED ELDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red-berried elder mean? 

RED-BERRIED ELDER (noun)
  The noun RED-BERRIED ELDER has 2 senses:

1. Eurasian shrubplay

2. common North American shrub or small treeplay

  Familiarity information: RED-BERRIED ELDER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED-BERRIED ELDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian shrub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

European red elder; red-berried elder; Sambucus racemosa

Hypernyms ("red-berried elder" is a kind of...):

elder; elderberry bush (any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Common North American shrub or small tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American red elder; red-berried elder; Sambucus pubens; stinking elder

Hypernyms ("red-berried elder" is a kind of...):

elder; elderberry bush (any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit)


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