elderberry

1 :  a shrub or small tree with clusters of small white flowers and a black or red berrylike fruit

2 :  the fruit of the elderberry

1:  the edible black or red berrylike drupe of a tree or shrub of the genus Sambucus that is eaten raw or processed into preserves or wines

2:  any tree or shrub of the genus Sambucus including several whose flowers or fruits were once considered to have medicinal properties—see bourtree, sambucus 2