How to Use elderberry in a Sentence
elderberry
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Cankers appear on an elderberry as sunken wood or flesh on the trunk or stem.
—oregonlive, 23 May 2020
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This year, one of our key finds was an elderberry farmer in Randolph, for our syrup.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2020
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David’s elderberry wine smells like tart red fruit that’s been crushed in a mortar and pestle with a pinch of red brick dust.
—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2021
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Quince, elderberry, and floribunda rose are just a few of the key components to the scent.
—Nora Maloney, Vanities, 1 May 2017
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My son comes to my home after work every night and pours me my elderberry wine.
—Mary G. Pepitone, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
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Stop to sit on a bench under the shade of a Catalina cherry tree and savor the views at a lookout beneath an elderberry tree.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
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Logan described the crisp taste as a mix between elderberry and chamomile, with a fruity aroma.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022
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Logan described the crisp taste as a mix between elderberry and chamomile, with a fruity aroma (frankly that's hard to believe, but OK).
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022
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The farm's first elderberry crop will be ripe for picking sometime in August.
—Sarah Michels, The Enquirer, 10 June 2021
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The creamy white blossoms are edible, and so are the elderberries that grow on the shrubs later in the summer, but the plant itself is mildly toxic.
—Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Mar. 2018
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Bay laurel leaves, elderberry and prickly pears can all be found growing in the wild of San Luis Obispo County.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
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In current times Elm & Rye’s elderberry gummies are used to prevent cold and flu symptoms.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022
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Common elderberry fruit is a food source for birds, and its thickets provide habitat.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2022
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Hollow and pithy stemmed plants such as Joe Pye weed, bee balm, mountain mint, swamp milkweed and elderberry are also ideal for eggs and young insects.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
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With crabapple, pear, plum and elderberry trees; with high bush cranberries.
—John Reinan, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
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So: Is elderberry juice really something that can replace the flu shot?
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
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What’s more, the elderberry extract helps balance the skin’s microbiome.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2022
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An ecosystem of butterfly bushes and elderberries has taken root inside the stone walls and must be removed.
—Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 9 June 2023
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Chef Patrick Jacobus concocts this gelato out of juniper brittle, white sage, elderberries, and red and white currants.
—Marc Stirdivant, latimes.com, 24 May 2018
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Accompanying the duck is a small plate of your choice, spicy spinach salad, fried rice (bolstered by bits of hamachi or perhaps beef) and a rich duck broth served with udon, pickled green elderberries and — yum — soft-cooked egg.
—Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2017
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In commercially made elderberry syrups, the dosage is often two teaspoons per day.
—Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2020
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After spending the day outside rototilling the vegetable garden, mowing the grass and picking elderberries for jelly, there was no way those steaks were going to be cooked.
—Cincinnati.com, 16 Aug. 2017
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These include native grasses, wildflowers and weeds along with shrubs and vines such as sumac, elderberry and blackberry.
—Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2020
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According to the brand, each is infused with a proprietary blend of artichoke leaves, elderberries, green tea leaves, and muscadine grapes.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2023
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The ladies offer each new guest some homemade elderberry wine whose secret ingredients – arsenic, strychnine and cyanide – have a lethal kick.
—Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2017
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There’s evidence that elderberry is effective at treating the flu, as well.
—Carrie Murphy, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
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Botryosphaeria canker, Diaporthe stem canker and Nectria canker are among diseases that affect elderberry.
—oregonlive, 23 May 2020
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Shire’s wheat beer, only 3.4 percent alcohol, is flavored with elderberries from Black Bear Farm in nearby Savoy.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019
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In the fall, in preparation for winter, key medicines for immunity and resilience are rosehips, burdock, nettle, and elderberry.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
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All parts of the American elderberry, Sambucus nigra, including the berries, are toxic unless cooked.
—Sara Okeefe, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
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