alder : Idioms & Phrases

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alder blight

  • noun a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse)
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alder buckthorn

  • noun small tree common in Europe
    alder buckthorn; Rhamnus frangula.
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alder dogwood

  • noun small tree common in Europe
    alder buckthorn; Rhamnus frangula.
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alder fly

  • noun dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
    alderfly; Sialis lutaria.
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alder tree

  • noun north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
    alder.
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alder-leaved serviceberry

  • noun shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits
    Amelanchier alnifolia; alderleaf Juneberry.
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alder-liefest

Al`der-lief"est adjective
Etymology
For allerliefest dearest of all. See Lief.
Definitions
  1. Most beloved. Obs. Shak.
Webster 1913

Black alder

  • . (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing red berries.
Webster 1913

common alder

  • noun medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
    common alder; Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris.
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european black alder

  • noun medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
    common alder; Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris.
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gray alder

  • noun native to Europe but introduced in America
    gray alder; Alnus incana.
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green alder

  • noun North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts
    Alnus veridis crispa; Alnus crispa.
  • noun shrub of mountainous areas of Europe
    Alnus veridis.
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grey alder

  • noun native to Europe but introduced in America
    gray alder; Alnus incana.
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hazel alder

  • noun common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark
    Alnus serrulata; hazel alder.
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mountain alder

  • noun small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn
    mountain maple; Acer spicatum.
  • noun tree of western United States
    mountain alder; Alnus rhombifolia.
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oregon alder

  • noun large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture
    Oregon alder; Alnus rubra.
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red alder

  • noun large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture
    Oregon alder; Alnus rubra.
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seaside alder

  • noun shrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown wood
    Alnus maritima.
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smooth alder

  • noun common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark
    Alnus serrulata; hazel alder.
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speckled alder

  • noun common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having shoots scattered with rust-colored down
    Alnus rugosa.
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White alder

  • noun tree of western United States
    mountain alder; Alnus rhombifolia.
  • noun shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
    sweet pepperbush; Clethra alnifolia; summer sweet; pepper bush.
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  • . (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under Pepper.
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white-alder family

  • noun coextensive with the genus Clethra
    family Clethraceae; Clethraceae.
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witch alder

  • noun any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains
    fothergilla.
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woolly alder aphid

  • noun attacks alders
    Prociphilus tessellatus.
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