ALNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alnus mean? 

• ALNUS (noun)
  The noun ALNUS has 1 sense:

1. alders

  Familiarity information: ALNUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alnus; genus Alnus

Hypernyms ("Alnus" is a kind of...):

hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)

Meronyms (members of "Alnus"):

alder; alder tree (north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant)

Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris; common alder; European black alder (medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath)

Alnus incana; gray alder; grey alder (native to Europe but introduced in America)

Alnus maritima; seaside alder (shrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown wood)

Alnus rhombifolia; mountain alder; white alder (tree of western United States)

Alnus rubra; Oregon alder; red alder (large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture)

Alnus rugosa; speckled alder (common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having shoots scattered with rust-colored down)

Alnus serrulata; hazel alder; smooth alder (common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark)

Alnus veridis; green alder (shrub of mountainous areas of Europe)

Alnus crispa; Alnus veridis crispa; green alder (North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts)

Holonyms ("Alnus" is a member of...):

Betulaceae; birch family; family Betulaceae (monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis))