American elder

/əˌmɛrəkən ˌɛldər/

Definitions of American elder

1. noun

   common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
   synonyms: Sambucus canadensis, black elderberry, sweet elder

   type of:

   elder, elderberry bush

   any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit