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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bourtree
bourtree
n : common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia;
fruit used for wines and jellies [syn:
black elder,
common elder
,
elderberry,
European elder,
Sambucus nigra]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: bourtree
bourtree
\bourtree\ n.
common black-fruited shrub or small tree (
Sambucus nigra)
of Europe and Asia; -- the fruit is used for wines and
jellies.
Syn: black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder.
[WordNet 1.5]
Elder
\El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (
Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common North American species is
Sambucus Canadensis
; the common European species (
S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is
S. pubens
. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (
Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry,
bourtree,
Old World elder,
black elder
, and
common elder.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Box elder. See under 1st
Box.
Dwarf elder. See
Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as
Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree
Viburnum Opulus).
[1913 Webster]