Elder-blow

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Noun
  1. 1
    The edible flower clusters (umbels) of the elder tree (Sambucus nigra). US, countable, uncountable

    "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."

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elder bloomelder blossomelderflower

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"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."

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