DWARF ELDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dwarf elder mean? 

• DWARF ELDER (noun)
  The noun DWARF ELDER has 2 senses:

1. dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor

2. bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark

  Familiarity information: DWARF ELDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DWARF ELDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

danewort; dwarf elder; Sambucus ebulus

Hypernyms ("dwarf elder" is a kind of...):

elder; elderberry bush (any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit)

Holonyms ("dwarf elder" is a member of...):

genus Sambucus; Sambucus (elder; elderberry)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aralia hispida; bristly sarsaparilla; bristly sarsparilla; dwarf elder

Hypernyms ("dwarf elder" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("dwarf elder" is a member of...):

genus Aralia (type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-club)