Alder
['ɔːldə] or ['ɔldɚ]
Definition
(noun.) north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant.
(noun.) wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc.
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Definition
(n.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.
(a.) Alt. of Aller
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Definition
n. a tree related to the birch usually growing in moist ground.
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Examples
- She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder-trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- So she swerved down to the steep, tree-hidden bank above the pond, where the alders twisted their roots. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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