S nigra

S nigra
Elder El"der, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG. elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder; or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs ({Sambucus}) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries. [1913 Webster]

Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus Canadensis}; the common European species ({S. nigra}) forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S. pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The European elder ({Sambucus nigra}) is also called the {elderberry}, {bourtree}, {Old World elder}, {black elder}, and {common elder}. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

{Box elder}. See under 1st {Box}.

{Dwarf elder}. See {Danewort}.

{Elder tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Elder}. --Shak.

{Marsh elder}, the cranberry tree {Viburnum Opulus}). [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nigra — may refer to: Contents 1 Internet 2 Medical 3 Places 4 People 5 Species latin names abbreviatio …   Wikipedia

  • nigra — sustancia nigra o locus nigra Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 …   Diccionario médico

  • NIGRA Aqua — unus e quatuor amnibus, qui apud Abrincatuos, in Gallia, colle Brimbaliô la Bute de Brinbal, orti, suô quisque alveô in diversa decurrunt, quorum reliqui Egrannia, Seva et Viria. Dicitur vulgo Noireau, a colore aquarum, vel Nereau, ac alluit… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Nigra — Nigra, Costantino, Graf, ital. Staatsmann, geb. 11. Juni 1828 in Villa Castelnovo bei Turin, trat 1848 als Student in die Armee, focht mit Auszeichnung bei Pastrengo, Santa Lucia, Calmosino und Rivoli, erhielt unter d Azeglio eine Anstellung im… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Nigra — Nigra, Costantino, Graf, ital. Diplomat, geb. 12. Juni 1827 bei Ivrea, 1856 auf dem Pariser Kongreß Sekretär Cavours, 1860 Gesandter, später Botschafter in Paris, 1876 in Petersburg, 1882 in London, 1885 in Wien, 1882 zum Grafen erhoben, 1890… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Nigra — NIGRA, æ, ein Beynamen der Ceres, und so viel als Melæne, welches daher nachzusehen …   Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon

  • NIGRA Moneta — vide infra Plumbea selibra …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • NIGRA Processio — in Ecclesia Romana Litania dicitur, quia nigrô tegmine in ea homines cooperiri consuevêre. In Conventuali certe Ecclesia Equitum Militensium, ubi in Feriis sextis per annum solet fieri processio, cum ligno crucis, post sollennem de eadem Cruce… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • NIGRA — ab armorum colore, dicta parva quidem, sed lectissima, et sub signis assidua fortissimorum militum manus, quâ Matthias Corvinus inclitus Hungariae Rex, saepe ingentes Turcarum exercitus fudit: monente Rudolphô II. Imperatore in Comitiis… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • nigra — see NIGGER (Cf. nigger) …   Etymology dictionary

  • nigra scale — ˈnigrə noun Etymology: New Latin nigra (specific epithet of Saissetia nigra, species of coccid), from Latin, feminine of niger black, dark : a coccid (Saissetia nigra) that is a serious pest on cotton, coffee, and other plants of warm temperate… …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”