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Noun elder has 3 senses
elder, senior - a person who is older than you are--1 is a kind of adult, grownup
 --1 has particulars: dean, doyen; doyenne
 
elder, elderberry bush - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit--2 is a kind of shrub, bush
 --2 is a member of Sambucus, genus Sambucus
 --2 has particulars:
 |  | American elder, black elderberry, sweet elder, Sambucus canadensis; blue elder, blue elderberry, Sambucus caerulea; dwarf elder, danewort, Sambucus ebulus; bourtree, black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder, Sambucus nigra; American red elder, red-berried elder, stinking elder, Sambucus pubens; European red elder, red-berried elder, Sambucus racemosa | 
elder - any of various church officers--3 is a kind of church officer
 --3 has particulars: presbyter
 
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