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ALNUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alders
Synonyms:
Alnus; genus Alnus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Alnus" is a kind of...):
hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)
Meronyms (members of "Alnus"):
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)
Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris; common alder; European black alder (medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath)
Alnus incana; gray alder; grey alder (native to Europe but introduced in America)
Alnus maritima; seaside alder (shrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown wood)
Alnus rhombifolia; mountain alder; white alder (tree of western United States)
Alnus rubra; Oregon alder; red alder (large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture)
Alnus rugosa; speckled alder (common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having shoots scattered with rust-colored down)
Alnus serrulata; hazel alder; smooth alder (common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark)
Alnus veridis; green alder (shrub of mountainous areas of Europe)
Alnus crispa; Alnus veridis crispa; green alder (North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts)
Holonyms ("Alnus" is a member of...):
Betulaceae; birch family; family Betulaceae (monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis))
