COMMON ALDER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris; common alder; European black alder

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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