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Noun: dwarf elder
  1. Dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odour
    - danewort, Sambucus ebulus
     
  2. Bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
    - bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, Aralia hispida

Derived forms: dwarf elders

Type of: elder, elderberry bush, subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Aralia, genus Sambucus, Sambucus

Encyclopedia: Dwarf elder