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Definition of European black alder
1. Noun. Medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath.
Group relationships: Alnus, Genus Alnus
Generic synonyms: Alder, Alder Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Black Alder
Literary usage of European black alder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Europe, northern Africa to middle Asia, sparingly nat. in US Alder Buckthorn,
Black Alder*, European black alder, Berry Alder, Arrow-wood, Butcher"s-prick ..."
2. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"The European black alder [Alnus vulgaris Hill.] is somewhat planted for ornament
in this country and is reported in several localities as escaped from ..."
3. The Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States by American Institute of Homeopathy Committee on Pharmacopeia (1897)
"... Buckthorn alder, European (black) alder buckthorn. Description.— A thornless
shrub, with slender, somewhat straggling stem, 6 to 12 feet high, ..."
4. List of Medicines Mentioned in Homœopathic Literature by Henry M. Smith (1879)
"Vulg., Alder buckthorn, Berry-bearing buckthorn, Black alder, Buckthorn alder,
European (black) alder buckthorn. Tinct. and Trit. of the bark. Rheum. Nat. ..."
5. Illustrated Key to the Wild and Commonly Cultivated Trees of the by James Franklin Collins, Howard Willis Preston (1912)
"142. Purple-leaved Beech (grafted). tive in Eurasia and Africa. (Fig. 138.)
European black alder, Alnus vulgaris Hill. 121. Leaves conspicuously longer than ..."
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