Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Adoxaceae — the elderberry.

Etymologies

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Latin sambūcus ("elder tree")

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Examples

  • So sticking to the Nature's Way Brand of "Sambucus" Syrup (easy to remember in the lavender packaging), I will say that they also offer it in similiar syrups like the "Immune Syrup"

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • “What you’re looking at,” Cartwright told us, “are sections of a plant called Sambucus simpsonii, which is simply a woody shrub indigenous to the coastal plains and lagoons of southern Florida.

    The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994

  • “What you’re looking at,” Cartwright told us, “are sections of a plant called Sambucus simpsonii, which is simply a woody shrub indigenous to the coastal plains and lagoons of southern Florida.

    The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994

  • “What you’re looking at,” Cartwright told us, “are sections of a plant called Sambucus simpsonii, which is simply a woody shrub indigenous to the coastal plains and lagoons of southern Florida.

    The Body Farm Patricia Cornwell 1994

  • Sambucus 'Black Lace' has it in his front yard combined with Sambucus ‘Black Lace’ (if mymemory is correct).

    Amsonia hubrichtii: 2011 Perennial Plant of the Year « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

  • But then two plant experts in England, through years of breeding, created a lacy, dark-leaf stunner called Black Lace (Sambucus nigra, Zones 4-7) that was released a few seasons ago.

    Tough Love, Garden Style 2010

  • Over at the slightly protected east facing area next to the garage, between the pink flowering dogwood and the large Sambucus ‘Aurea’ the Autumn Ferns, Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’, Hellebores old foliage intact and white blooming Gumpo Azaleas form an evergreen carpet of textural interest.

    Bloom Day/Foliage Day Combo-February 2010 « Fairegarden 2010

  • These are walnut (Juglans regia), plum (Prunus sp.), and elder (Sambucus cf. nigra).

    Macrobotany « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds 2009

  • A few were planted in the ground and three were left in the black plastic pots and stuck in a quickly disentegrating limb of Ferngully, RIP, that rests at the base of the golden elderberry, Sambucus ‘Aurea’.

    December Foliage « Fairegarden 2009

  • Situated at the base of a large Sambucus ‘Aurea’ next to the garage, this marked down container of kale and mums among others from the big box store surprised us with the reddish flower.

    Searching For December Bloom Day « Fairegarden 2009

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