单词 | red elder |
释义 | > as lemmasred elder red elder n. chiefly North American (a) any of various closely related red-berried elders of the genus Sambucus, esp. S. pubens of eastern North America (sometimes treated as a subspecies of S. racemosa); †(b) the high bush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum (obsolete). ΚΠ 1732 R. Bradley Country Housewife (ed. 6) 129 (heading) To make red Elder Wine.] 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Feb. 144 This is a proper Month for planting these Trees by Cuttings of the white or red Elder, of about two feet long. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 69 Vegetables..applied to medicinal purposes [include]..Red Elder. Viburnum opulus. 1822 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd Ser. IX. 155 Plants..indigenous in the township of Middlebury [include]..Sambucus pubescens, Red elder. 1900 Science 30 Nov. 830/2 Along the higher Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge, we find a typically Canadian forest of firs..accompanied by such trees and shrubs as the..red elder (Sambucus racemosa) and wild red cherry (Prunus pennsylvanica). 2006 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 21 July c13 Elders are fast-growing, of which group the red elder produces masses of late summer berries. < as lemmas |
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