Sambucus (sambukus)

[NL. (Tournefort, 1700), Branch with Inflorescence of Elder ( Sambucus Can a dens is). a, part of the inflorescence; b, fruits. lous trees and shrubs, the elders, lders, type of the tribe Sambuceæ, order Caprifoliaceæ, the honeysuckle family. family. It is characterized by corymbose or thyrsoid flowers having wheel-shaped corollas, five entire stamens, and an ovary with three, four, or five cells, each with a single pendulous ovule, followed in fruit by only in combination with swā, so, as ( swā same swa, the same as); cf. sam, conj., whether, or (sam... sam, whether... or); as a prefix sam-, denoting agreement or combination; = OS. sama, samo, same = MLG. same, sam=OHG. sama, MHG. same, sam, adv., the same, likewise; (b) AS. samen, together, = OS. saman = OFries. semin, sam in, samen = MLG. samene = OHG. samant, MHG. sament, samt, G. samt, sammt, zu - sammen, together, together with, = Icel. saman = Sw. samman = Dan. sammen = Goth. saman a, together, = Ru . samnu, together; (c) as an adj. not in AS., but of Scand. origin, Icel. samr = Sw. samma, sam me = Dan. sam me = OHG. sam = Goth. sama, the same; = Gr. ἅμα, at the same time, together, ὁμός, the same (> ὁμοῖος, like), = Skt. sama, even, like, equal; cf. Skt. sa (in comp.), with, sam, with; L. simul, together, similis, similar: see simultaneous, similar, etc.] Together. So ryde thay of by resoun bi the rygge bonez, Euenden to the haunche, that henged alle samen , & heuen hit vp al hole, & hwen hit of there. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1345. On foote & on faire hor e fought the i saтте. A lisa under of Macedoine (E. E. T. S.), 1. 342. For what concord han light and darke sam ? Spenser, Shep. Cal., May.