elder-blow
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The edible flower clusters (umbels) of the elder tree (Sambucus nigra).
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "What are his [the writer’s] garland and singing robes? What but a sensibility so keen that the scent of an elder-blow, or the timber-yard and corporation-works of a nest of pismires is event enough for him,—all emblems and personal appeals to him."
- "[…] the long highway broidered thick With elder-blow and rose;"
- "[…] the elder was all in bloom now; and Anna wanted to make elder-blow wine."
- "Elderflowers glow like incandescent seafoam in the darkness. They, too, are good to eat. We make a fine tea of them to serve with elder blow fritters on the deck at night."
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable