elderberry
(noun) berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra
(noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
elderberry (plural elderberries)
The elder; a shrub or tree of the genus Sambucus.
The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant, used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc.
Source: Wiktionary
El"der*ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
