Official Source Of Berries Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "ELDER" which means:

noun
• • A person who is older than you are
• • Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
• • Any of various church officers
adjective satellite
• • Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
verb
• • To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
adjective
• • Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
• • Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
• • Having existed or lived for the specified time.
• • (heading) of an earlier time.
• • Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
• • Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
• • A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
• • Excessive, abundant.

An example sentence would be:

• • "My elder sister is five years older than me."
• • "The elder of the two brothers always took care of the younger one."

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