elderberry

elderberry
/el"deuhr ber'ee, -beuh ree/, n., pl. elderberries.
1. the berrylike fruit of the elder, used in making wine and jelly.
2. elder2.
[1400-50; late ME eldirbery. See ELDER2, BERRY]

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