Definition of Genus sambucus

1. Noun. Elder; elderberry.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sambucus

genus Saintpaulia
genus Salamandra
genus Salicornia
genus Salix
genus Salmo
genus Salmonella
genus Salpa
genus Salpichroa
genus Salpiglossis
genus Salpinctes
genus Salsola
genus Salvadora
genus Salvelinus
genus Salvia
genus Salvinia
genus Sambucus
genus Samia
genus Samolus
genus Sanguinaria
genus Sanicula
genus Sansevieria
genus Santalum
genus Santolina
genus Sanvitalia
genus Sapindus
genus Saponaria
genus Saprolegnia
genus Sarcobatus
genus Sarcocephalus
genus Sarcochilus

Literary usage of Genus sambucus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus SAMBUCUS, Linn. Quick-growing, stout-branched trees and shrubs, ... (S. glauca) PALE ELDER Our two arborescent species of the genus Sambucus are found ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1910)
"6 NOTES ON THE genus sambucus* BY TDA ... There has recently appeared fa very interesting review of the genus Sambucus, by Fritz Graf von Schwerin, ..."

3. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"The Elders, belonging to the genus Sambucus, are among our best known shrubs. The Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis L. ) fe probably the best known. ..."

4. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"... antispasmodic, expectorant, alterative; bark of root of Black Haw—a valuable uterine sedative. genus sambucus (Elder). S. Canadensis (Common Elder). ..."

5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... the popular designation of the deciduous shrubs and trees constituting the genus Sambucus of the natural order Caprifoliaceae. The Common Elder, 5. ..."

6. The Elements of Forestry: Designed to Afford Information Concerning the by Franklin Benjamin Hough (1882)
"... THE ELDERS (genus sambucus). 1071. The two principal species of the elder found native in the United States are unimportant shrubs. ..."

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