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Noun: blue elder
  1. Shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
    - blue elderberry, Sambucus caerulea

Derived forms: blue elders

Type of: elder, elderberry bush

Part of: genus Sambucus, Sambucus

Encyclopedia: Blue elder