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Define the word S pubens

"S pubens" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
   elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
   or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
   A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
   flowers, and small black or red berries.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The common North American species is Sambucus Canadensis; the common European species (S. nigra)
         forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is S. pubens. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
         European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the
         elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, black elder, and common elder.
         [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   Box elder. See under 1st Box.

   Dwarf elder. See Danewort.

   Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. --Shak.

   Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
      [1913 Webster]