A plant also called dwarf elder or danewort, a shrub with small white flowers that resembles the elderberry plant.
From Latin ebulus, the Roman name for this plant. The etymology of the Latin term is uncertain, possibly from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language. The plant was well-known in classical times for its medicinal properties.
Ebulus was so famous in medieval gardens that people called it 'Dane's elder' because a legend claimed it grew wherever Danish invaders had died—turning death into a plant name!
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