SAMBUCUS
\sˈambjuːkəs], \sˈambjuːkəs], \s_ˈa_m_b_j_uː_k_ə_s]\
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Ord. Caprifoliaceae. Sex. Syst. Pentandria Digynia- (the flower and bark were formerly called Canopum). The flowers, berries, and bark of the elder have been used in medicine. The flowers have been reputed diaphoretic and discutient; the berries, aperient and sudorific; the bark, purgative, and, in small doses, deobstruent. The flowers are sometimes used in fomentations, and to form it cooling ointment.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.