Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: common elder
  1. A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
    - bourtree, black elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra

Derived forms: common elders

Type of: elder, elderberry bush

Encyclopedia: Common elder