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SEASIDE ALDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown wood
Synonyms:
Alnus maritima; seaside alder
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Hypernyms ("seaside 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 ("seaside alder" is a member of...):
Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)