AMERICAN ELDER

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does American elder mean? 

• AMERICAN ELDER (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN ELDER has 1 sense:

1. common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN ELDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN ELDER (noun)

Meaning:

Common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American elder; black elderberry; Sambucus canadensis; sweet elder

Hypernyms ("American elder" is a kind of...):

elder; elderberry bush (any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "American elder"):

elderberry (berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies)