Definition: elderberry

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

elderberry
     n 1: common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia;
          fruit used for wines and jellies [syn: bourtree, black
          elder, common elder, European elder, Sambucus
          nigra]
     2: berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Elderberry \El"der*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
   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.