Sambucus Canadensis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Sambucus canadensis
    n 1: common elder of central and eastern North America bearing
         purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies [syn:
         {American elder}, {black elderberry}, {sweet elder},
         {Sambucus canadensis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
   elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
   or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
   A genus of shrubs ({Sambucus}) having broad umbels of white
   flowers, and small black or red berries.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus
         Canadensis}; the common European species ({S. nigra})
         forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S.
         pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
         European elder ({Sambucus nigra}) is also called the
         {elderberry}, {bourtree}, {Old World elder}, {black
         elder}, and {common elder}.
         [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   {Box elder}. See under 1st {Box}.

   {Dwarf elder}. See {Danewort}.

   {Elder tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Elder}. --Shak.

   {Marsh elder}, the cranberry tree {Viburnum Opulus}).
      [1913 Webster]