Phrase guide

dwarf elder

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small European herbaceous perennial elder, species Sambucus ebulus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, Aralia hispida

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex

3

noun

Meaning 3

dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: danewort, Sambucus ebulus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: elder, elderberry bush

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qingël — Sambucus ebulus
  • Arabic: خَمَان صَغِير (ḵamān ṣaḡīr) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Arabic: خَمَان الأَرْض (ḵamān al-ʔarḍ) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Armenian: կտտկենի խոտային (kttkeni xotayin) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Asturian: llaberón — Sambucus ebulus
  • Bats: ანწლ (ãc̣l) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Catalan: évol — Sambucus ebulus
  • Catalan: matacà — Sambucus ebulus
  • Chechen: чӏижаргӏа (čʼižarğa) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Czech: bez chebdí — Sambucus ebulus
  • Danish: sommer-hyld — Sambucus ebulus
  • Dutch: kruidvlier — Sambucus ebulus
  • Estonian: väike leeder — Sambucus ebulus
  • Finnish: ruohoselja — Sambucus ebulus
  • French: sureau hièble — Sambucus ebulus
  • Galician: engo — Sambucus ebulus
  • Gaulish: odocos — Sambucus ebulus
  • Georgian: ანწლი (anc̣li) — Sambucus ebulus
  • German: Zwerg-Holunder — Sambucus ebulus
  • Ancient Greek: χαμαιάκτη (khamaiáktē) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Hungarian: földi bodza — Sambucus ebulus
  • Hungarian: gyalogbodza — Sambucus ebulus
  • Hungarian: borzag — Sambucus ebulus
  • Ingush: чӏинжаргӏа (čʼinžarğa) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Irish: tromán — Sambucus ebulus
  • Italian: sambuco lebbio — Sambucus ebulus
  • Italian: ebbio — Sambucus ebulus
  • Italian: sambuchella — Sambucus ebulus
  • Korean: 딱총나무 (ttakchongnamu) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Latin: ebulum — Sambucus ebulus
  • Laz: ინჭირი (inç̌iri) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Laz: ანწკლი (anǯǩli) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Mingrelian: ინჭირი (inč̣iri) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Old English: wealhwyrt — Sambucus ebulus
  • Polish: bez hebd — Sambucus ebulus
  • Portuguese: sabugueirinho — Sambucus ebulus
  • Portuguese: engos — Sambucus ebulus
  • Portuguese: ébulo — Sambucus ebulus
  • Romanian: boz — Sambucus ebulus
  • Russian: бузина́ травянистая (buziná travjanistaja) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Serbo-Croatian: àbdovina — Sambucus ebulus
  • Slovak: baza chabzdová — Sambucus ebulus
  • Slovene: smrdljivi bezeg — Sambucus ebulus
  • Spanish: saúco menor — Sambucus ebulus
  • Spanish: yezgo — Sambucus ebulus
  • Spanish: yedgo — Sambucus ebulus
  • Spanish: yelgo — Sambucus ebulus
  • Spanish: yebo — Sambucus ebulus
  • Spanish: cimicaria — Sambucus ebulus
  • Svan: გა̈ნჭუ̂ (gänč̣û) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Swedish: sommarfläder — Sambucus ebulus
  • Turkish: yer mürveri — Sambucus ebulus
  • Turkish: bodur mürver — Sambucus ebulus
  • Turkish: cüce mürver — Sambucus ebulus
  • Turkish: hekimana (İnebolu) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Ottoman Turkish: یر موروری (yer mürveri) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Ottoman Turkish: بودور مورور (bodur mürver) — Sambucus ebulus
  • Welsh: ysgawen Fair — Sambucus ebulus
  • Welsh: corysgawen — Sambucus ebulus