elder-blow
nounDefinitions
The edible flower clusters (umbels) of the elder tree (Sambucus nigra).
- 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.
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