elder vs European elder

European elder vs elder

elder and European elder both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but European elder is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, European elder is a hyponym of elder; that is, European 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
European elder: a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies

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, Sambucus nigra, American red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus pubens, stinking elder, European red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa.

elder (noun)	European elder (noun)
a person who is older than you are	a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for 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)	European 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 European elder

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