sambuca

noun

1. Also sam·buke [sam-byook] /ˈsæm byuk/. an ancient stringed musical instrument used in Greece and the Near East.
2. a medieval hurdy-gurdy.

noun

1. a licorice-flavored Italian liqueur made from elderberries.

n.Italian liqueur resembling anisette, 1971, from Italian, from Latin sambucus “elder tree.”