dwarf elder

Questions about dwarf elder

What does dwarf elder mean?

dwarf elder means "dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for dwarf elder?

Close synonyms include danewort, Sambucus ebulus, bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, Aralia hispida. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dwarf elder a common word?

dwarf elder is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.