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elderberry
/ ˈɛəˌɛɪ /
noun
the berry-like fruit of the elder, used for making wines, jellies, etc
another name for elder 1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of elderberry1
Example Sentences
We have passion fruit vines everywhere, and elderberry.
In February, during a gnarly bout of the flu, I found both comfort and strength in my very first cup of elderberry lemon balm tea.
Maybe they garner attention for purported health benefits, as did the native elderberry.
He pressed the juice from elderberries he had garnered earlier in the month and stored it in clay pots to let it turn to wine.
They planted 80,000 plants — like red elderberry, western sword fern and Douglas fir — in the surrounding landscape to make the crossings more natural and attractive to wildlife.
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When To Use
Elderberries are edible, bluish purple berries popularly used to help fight colds and flus.Elderberries are humorously referenced in a popular quote from the 1975 comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
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