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elder-blows

elder-blows is the plural of elder-blow.

Meaning of elder-blow

Noun

elder-blow (countable and uncountable, plural elder-blows)

  1. (US) The edible flower clusters (umbels) of the elder tree (Sambucus nigra).
    • A poultice of elder-blow tea and biscuit is good as a preventive to mortification.1838, Lydia Maria Child, The American Frugal Housewife, New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 22nd edition, enlarged, p. 27
    Synonyms:
    elder-bloom, elder-blossom, elderflower

Questions about elder-blows

What is elder-blows the plural of?
Elder-blows is the plural of elder-blow.

Words near elder-blows in the dictionary

  1. elder orphans
  2. elder sisters
  3. elder statesman
  4. elder statesmen
  5. elder-blow
  6. elder-blows
  7. elder-flower
  8. elder-gun
  9. elder-guns
  10. elderate
  11. elderates

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