Meaning of elder-blow | Babel Free
Definitions
The edible flower clusters (umbels) of the elder tree (Sambucus nigra).
US, countable, uncountable
Examples
“1838, Lydia Maria Child, The American Frugal Housewife, New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 22nd edition, enlarged, p. 27, A poultice of elder-blow tea and biscuit is good as a preventive to mortification.”
“I wouldn’t tech it sooner a cow’d eat elder blows.”
“What are his [the writer’s] garland and singing robes? What but a sensibility so keen that the scent of an elder-blow, or the timber-yard and corporation-works of a nest of pismires is event enough for him,—all emblems and personal appeals to him.”
“[…] the long highway broidered thick With elder-blow and rose;”
“[…] the elder was all in bloom now; and Anna wanted to make elder-blow wine.”
“Elderflowers glow like incandescent seafoam in the darkness. They, too, are good to eat. We make a fine tea of them to serve with elder blow fritters on the deck at night.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.