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Fruit used for wines and jellies
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bourtree
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies [syn: black elder , common elder , elderberry , European elder , Sambucus nigra ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG. elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder; or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs ( Sambucus ) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries. ...
Usage examples of bourtree.
David, and the goodwife has had a flux in the legs this twelvemonth back, but the Lord has showed me singular favour, and my damps are lightened since a leech in Edinburgh prescribed a hyperion of bourtree and rue.
I was yet in England, an arrangement was made for a public discussion between me and Colonel Michael Shaw, of Bourtree Park, Ayr.
The other gentleman whose conduct left the most favorable impression of all on my mind, was Colonel Shaw, of Bourtree Park, Ayr, Scotland, of whose gentlemanly behavior and great Christian kindness I have already spoken.