Noun
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any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
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elderberry bush |
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shrub,
bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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genus sambucus,
sambucus elder; elderberry
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american elder,
black elderberry,
sambucus canadensis,
sweet elder common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
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blue elder,
blue elderberry,
sambucus caerulea shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
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danewort,
sambucus ebulus,
dwarf elder dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
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black elder,
bourtree,
common elder,
european elder,
sambucus nigra,
elderberry a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
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american red elder,
sambucus pubens,
stinking elder,
red-berried elder common North American shrub or small tree
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a person who is older than you are
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senior |
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grownup,
adult any mature animal
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doyen,
dean an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
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any of various church officers
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church officer a church official
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Adjective
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used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."
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older,
sr. |
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senior used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom"
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