elder vs American elder

American elder vs elder

elder and American elder both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but American elder is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elder	Yes	Yes	No	No
American elder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, American elder is a hyponym of elder; that is, American elder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than elder:

elder: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
American elder: common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies

Other hyponyms of elder include black elderberry, Sambucus canadensis, sweet elder, blue elder, blue elderberry, Sambucus caerulea, danewort, dwarf elder, Sambucus ebulus, black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra, American red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus pubens, stinking elder, European red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa.

elder (noun)	American elder (noun)
a person who is older than you are	common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
any of various church officers
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

elder (adjective)	American elder (adjective)
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

Difference between elder and American elder

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