elder vs American red elder

American red elder vs elder

elder and American red elder both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, American red elder is a hyponym of elder; that is, American red 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 red elder: common North American shrub or small tree

Other hyponyms of elder include American elder, 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, red-berried elder, Sambucus pubens, stinking elder, European red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa.

elder (noun)	American red elder (noun)
a person who is older than you are	common North American shrub or small tree
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 red 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 red elder

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