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elderflower - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Noun
elderflower (plural elderflowers)
- The blossom of the elderberry, often specifically the European species Sambucus nigra
- ✤ Ethel was yet bathing her eyes with elderflowers, preparatory to going, when her departure was again delayed by another visitor.1
Etymology
From elder + flower.
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Link to original Footnotes
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Disclosure”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 303: ↩
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