elderberry bush

elderberry bush
noun
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Syn: ↑elder
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Hyponyms:
Member Holonyms: ↑Sambucus, ↑genus Sambucus

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