SAMBUCUS NIGRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sambucus nigra mean? 

• SAMBUCUS NIGRA (noun)
  The noun SAMBUCUS NIGRA has 1 sense:

1. a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies

  Familiarity information: SAMBUCUS NIGRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAMBUCUS NIGRA (noun)

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Meaning:

A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black elder; bourtree; common elder; elderberry; European elder; Sambucus nigra

Hypernyms ("Sambucus nigra" 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)