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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:
2. common North American shrub or small tree
Familiarity information: RED-BERRIED ELDER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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