Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun common_alder

1 sense of common alder

Sense 1
common alder, European black alder, Alnus glutinosa, Alnus vulgaris -- (medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath)
       => 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)