COMMON ALDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common alder mean? 

• COMMON ALDER (noun)
  The noun COMMON ALDER has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath

  Familiarity information: COMMON ALDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON ALDER (noun)

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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 ("common alder" 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 ("common alder" is a member of...):

Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)