elder vs red-berried elder

red-berried elder vs elder

elder and red-berried elder both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but red-berried elder is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elder	Yes	Yes	No	No
red-berried elder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, red-berried elder is a hyponym of elder; that is, red-berried 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
red-berried 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, American red elder, Sambucus pubens, stinking elder, European red elder, Sambucus racemosa.

elder (noun)	red-berried elder (noun)
a person who is older than you are	Eurasian shrub
any of various church officers	common North American shrub or small tree
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

elder (adjective)	red-berried 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 red-berried elder

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