Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gamopetalous trees and shrubs, the elders, type of the tribe Sambuceæ, order Caprifoliaceæ, the honey-suckle family.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun elder; elderberry
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Examples
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This dark-leafed sambucus, commonly called an elderberry, is one of my favorite shrubs, and it requires no work.
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It looks kind of bare without the maple, even though its replacement, sambucus ‘Black Lace’,has been planted.
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Blue star Junipers encircle a black lace sambucus, formerly a japanese maple held that spot.
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Having the two sambucus did the trick for berry production.
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At the far right is the black lace sambucus, also enjoying that extra grass watering.
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Congrats on your ‘Black Lace’ sambucus; it looks terrific!
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I already have the gold sambucus behind the arborvitae and thought with two the berry production might be better.
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There are two groups of five planted in front of the Black Lace sambucus at the garage side.
Tulips « Fairegarden 2008
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Though it's also from the sambucus genus, it differs from the elderberry we have in West Marin.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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(sambucus) near Nice, fifteen inches in diameter, and eight feet stem.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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