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STINKING ELDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stinking elder mean?
• STINKING ELDER (noun)
The noun STINKING ELDER has 1 sense:
1. common North American shrub or small tree
Familiarity information: STINKING ELDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("stinking 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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