sambūcus

I. an elder-tree, Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 74; 17, 20, 34, § 151 al.; Ser. Samm. 7, 100; 19, 337; 27, 503 al.—Hence, sambū-cum, i, n., the fruit of the elder, elder-berries, Scrib. Comp. 160.