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

2 senses of white alder

Sense 1
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)

Sense 2
sweet pepperbush, pepper bush, summer sweet, white alder, Clethra alnifolia -- (shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)