The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant, used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc.
Used in a Sentence
elderberries
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for elderberries.
Editorial note
In my experience, elderberries grow on a bush that isn't much good for anything other than being a garden plant.
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Quick take
The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant, used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of elderberries gathered in one view.
Any shrub or tree of the genus Sambucus;
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for elderberries.
noun
The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant, used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc.
noun
Any shrub or tree of the genus Sambucus;
Example sentences
In my experience, elderberries grow on a bush that isn't much good for anything other than being a garden plant.
Chambray shirt drinking a cocktail made with hand picked elderberries reading MissionMission on an iPad...
Summer is berries (including elderberries), plums, wild cherries (not as good as they sound).
And your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
I was thinking: /python/:from returns 'Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
They stand on the wall and sling insults about hamsters and elderberries.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries?
I got the elderberries part because Elton John had done a song about elderberry wine.
We have indigenous elderberries in the US, I've got a couple growing in my yard.
I can call your mother a hamster and that your father smelt of elderberries; just because it's a quote from Monty Python doesn't mean it wouldn't be insulting to you.
I wonder if young Americans would make the association between elder wood and elderberries, from reading Harry Potter — the Elder Wand is a significant object.
> I can call your mother a hamster and that your father smelt of elderberries Alright, that does it.
Quote examples
Elderberry wine smells no more like elderberries than wine smells like grapes, so getting from "...your father smelt of elderberries" to "he was a drunk" is quite a stretch.
I'd always assumed "Your mother was a hamster and your father stank of elderberries" was just a meaningless bit of Monty Python absurdity.
What might be a "Umm, no" with a maybe a shake of the head, becomes "Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries".
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries." Insult?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use elderberries in a sentence?
In my experience, elderberries grow on a bush that isn't much good for anything other than being a garden plant.
What does elderberries mean?
The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant, used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc.
What part of speech is elderberries?
elderberries is commonly used as noun.