1. (noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies

• black elder
• bourtree
• common elder
• european elder
• sambucus nigra

1. (noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies

• elder
• elderberry bush

2. (noun) berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies

• drupe
• stone fruit
• edible fruit