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elderberry

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elderberry
1. the berry-like fruit of the elder, used for making wines, jellies, etc.
2. another name for elder
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One's delight in an elderberry bush overhanging the confused leafage of a hedgerow bank, as a more gladdening sight than the finest cistus or fuchsia spreading itself on the softest undulating turf, is an entirely unjustifiable preference to a nursery-gardener, or to any of those regulated minds who are free from the weakness of any attachment that does not rest on a demonstrable superiority of qualities.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
An elderberry hobbled across the walk, and stood chatting with some young quinces, and they all had crutches.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
An elderberry hobbled across the walk, and stood chatting with some young quinces, and they all had crutches.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
 
 
 
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