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Witch alder   /wɪtʃ ˈɔldər/   Listen
Witch alder

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: fothergilla.





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"Witch alder" Quotes from Famous Books



... were a scant half mile away. At some distant time there had been an enormous fall of rock. This, disintegrating, had formed a gently-curving breast which sloped down to merge with the valley's floor. Willow and witch alder, stunted birch and poplar had found roothold, clothed it, until only their crowding outposts, thrusting forward in a wavering semicircle, held back seemingly by the blue hordes, showed where it ...
— The Metal Monster • A. Merritt


Words linked to "Witch alder" :   bush, shrub, genus Fothergilla


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