red-berried elder

1. 1.

   Eurasian shrub

   SynonymsEuropean red elderSambucus racemosa

   Broaderelder
2. 2.

   common North American shrub or small tree

   SynonymsAmerican red elderstinking elderSambucus pubens

   Broaderelder

Questions about red-berried elder

What does red-berried elder mean?

red-berried elder means "Eurasian shrub". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for red-berried elder?

Close synonyms include European red elder, Sambucus racemosa, American red elder, stinking elder, Sambucus pubens. 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 red-berried elder a common word?

red-berried elder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.