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Alder tree   /ˈɔldər tri/   Listen
Alder tree

noun
1.
North temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant.  Synonym: alder.





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"Alder tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... sad, which had surprised me in that quiet solitary place. Surely, I said, this springtime verdure and bloom, this fragrance of the furze, the infinite blue of heaven, the bell-like double note of this my little feathered neighbour in the alder tree, flitting hither and thither, light and airy himself as a wind-fluttered alder leaf—surely this is enough to fill and to satisfy any heart, leaving no room for a grief so vain and barren, which nothing in nature suggested! That it should find me out here ...
— A Traveller in Little Things • W. H. Hudson
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Words linked to "Alder tree" :   European black alder, Alnus maritima, grey alder, Alnus veridis crispa, Alnus crispa, seaside alder, Alnus veridis, Oregon alder, mountain alder, red alder, tree, white alder, genus Alnus, gray alder, Alnus, alder, Alnus rhombifolia, speckled alder, Alnus vulgaris, Alnus glutinosa, hazel alder, common alder, Alnus rubra, Alnus rugosa, Alnus incana, Alnus serrulata, smooth alder, green alder


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