资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}).
Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
{Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
{marish}.]
{Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum})
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}.
{Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris})
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
{Marsh elder}. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes ({Iva frutescens}).
{Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above).
{Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}.
{Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall
{S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very
young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt
hay.
{Marsh harrier} (Zo["o]l.), a European hawk or harrier
({Circus [ae]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk},
{moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}.
{Marsh hawk}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse
hawk}.
(b) The marsh harrier.
{Marsh hen} (Zo["o]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of
fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water
marshes.
{Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[ae]a} ( {A.
officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and
whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent.
{Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
{Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}.
{Marsh quail} (Zo["o]l.), the meadow lark.
{Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S.
Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully
astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also
{sea lavender}.
{Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea})
found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}.
{Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
{Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}.
{Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}.
{Marsh wren} (Zo["o]l.), any species of small American wrens
of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They
chiefly inhabit salt marshes.
资料来源 : WordNet®
marsh elder
n : any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with
small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal
salt marshes) of eastern and central North America [syn:
{iva}]