资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dwarf \Dwarf\, n.; pl. {Dwarfs}. [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS.
   dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel.
   dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.]
   An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of
   its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

   Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared
         the favor of courts and the nobility.

   Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much
         below the usual or normal size; as, dwarf tree; dwarf
         honeysuckle.

   {Dwarf elder} (Bot.), danewort.

   {Dwarf wall} (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of
      a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. --Gwilt.

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.

   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.

   {Box elder}. See under 1st {Box}.

   {Dwarf elder}. See {Danewort}.

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

   {Marsh elder}, the cranberry tree {Viburnum Opulus}).

资料来源 : WordNet®

dwarf elder
     n 1: dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a
          nauseous odor [syn: {danewort}, {Sambucus ebulus}]
     2: bristly herb of eastern and central North America having
        black fruit and medicinal bark [syn: {bristly sarsaparilla},
         {bristly sarsparilla}, {Aralia hispida}]