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    ALDER

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    North temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistantplay

    Synonyms:

    alder; alder tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("alder" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Meronyms (substance of "alder"):

    alder (wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alder"):

    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 ("alder" is a member of...):

    Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etcplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("alder" is a kind of...):

    wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

    Holonyms ("alder" is a substance 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)

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