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ALNUS GLUTINOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alnus glutinosa mean?
• ALNUS GLUTINOSA (noun)
The noun ALNUS GLUTINOSA has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
Familiarity information: ALNUS GLUTINOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris; common alder; European black alder
Hypernyms ("Alnus glutinosa" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("Alnus glutinosa" is a member of...):
Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)
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