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Any of about 20–30 species, mainly shrubs and small trees, that make up the genus Sambucus , in the honeysuckle family .
Most are native to forested temperate or subtropical areas. Elders are important as garden shrubs, as forest plants, and for their berries (elderberries), which provide food for wildlife and are used for wines, jellies, pies, and folk medicines. Elders have divided leaves and flat, roundish clusters of tiny, yellowish-white, saucer-shaped flowers. The American, or sweet, elder ( S. canadensis ) of North America is the most important species horticulturally.
European red elder ( Sambucus racemosa ).
A.J. Huxley
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box elder
Bruegel Pieter the Elder
Brueghel Jan the Elder
Cato the Elder
Cranach Lucas the Elder
Dionysius the Elder
Elder John
Herrera Francisco the Elder
Isaac the Elder
Manutius Aldus the Elder
Cosimo the Elder
Pitt William the Elder
Pliny the Elder
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Simeon the Elder
Velde Willem van de the Elder
Scipio Africanus the Elder
principal elders