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EUROPEAN BLACK ALDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European black alder mean? 

EUROPEAN BLACK ALDER (noun)
  The noun EUROPEAN BLACK ALDER has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


EUROPEAN BLACK ALDER (noun)


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 ("European black 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 ("European black alder" is a member of...):

Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)


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