Sambucus caerulea
- noun
- Specialized
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sambucus caerulea
- The Sambucus caerulea in our garden produces clusters of beautiful blue berries every summer.
Examples
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Wildlife often feed on the fruit of Sambucus caerulea during the late summer months.
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Many people collect berries from Sambucus caerulea to make jams and homemade wines.
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The Sambucus caerulea is often found in moist areas.
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Have you seen the Sambucus caeruleas in bloom this spring?
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Many people collect berries from Sambucus caerulea to make jams and homemade wines.
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The Sambucus caerulea in our garden produces clusters of beautiful blue berries every summer.
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Wildlife often feed on the fruit of Sambucus caerulea during the late summer months.
Synonyms
A shrub or small tree with white flowers and blue berries used for jams and wines
A shrub or small tree with white flowers and blue berries used for wine and jelly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Sambucus + caerulea
This is a compositional Latin binomial: 'Sambucus' names the genus (elderberry) and 'caerulea' is a descriptive epithet meaning 'blue', so the dictionary meaning ('blue elderberry') is derivable in principle from the parts. However, 'caerulea' is a Latin adjective not known to an average B1 English learner (and is marked '[Word not found]'), so the color sense is unlikely to be recovered without prior exposure, making the transparency only partial.
Etymology
Sambucus caerulea comes from Latin words that describe the plant. Sambucus means 'elder' and caerulea means 'blue', so the name points to the shrub with blue elderberries that people use for jams and wine.
