elder
el·der
noun
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
adjective
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
- “Bill Adams, Sr.”
Origin
From Middle English eldre, from Old English eldra, yldra, ieldra, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. The vowel change from a to e triggered by the following i is called umlaut or I-mutation.
Phrases
- black elder
- box elder
- box elder maple
- Chinese elder
- dwarf elder
- ground elder
- marsh elder
- salt marsh elder
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