ALDER


Meaning of ALDER in English

n. any tree of the genus Alnus, related to the birch, with catkins and toothed leaves. alder buckthorn a shrub, Frangula alnus, related to the buckthorn.

[ OE alor, aler, rel. to L alnus, with euphonic d ]

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