RED ALDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red alder mean? 

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

1. large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED ALDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alnus rubra; Oregon alder; red alder

Hypernyms ("red 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 ("red alder" is a member of...):

Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)