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DWARF ELDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
Synonyms:
Aralia hispida; bristly sarsaparilla; bristly sarsparilla; dwarf elder
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
Synonyms:
danewort; dwarf elder; Sambucus ebulus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
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