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

2 senses of mountain alder

Sense 1
mountain maple, mountain alder, Acer spicatum -- (small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn)
       => maple -- (any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone)

Sense 2
white alder, mountain alder, Alnus rhombifolia -- (tree of western United States)
       => 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)