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Definition of Common 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
Definition of Common alder
1. Noun. A tree in the genus ''Alnus''; ''Alnus glutinosa''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Alder
Literary usage of Common alder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... flowers in each spike, whilst the flowers from which pollen is being shaken
by the wind occupy the lower parts of the spike. Fig. 228.—The common Alder ..."
2. Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1904)
"Pruning should be avoided. Thinnings.—The maple should be given an ample growing
space when the height growth begins to fall off. 8. common alder—Abuts ..."
3. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"Cat. ed. 1836 ; ? J. canadensis Lodd. Cat. 1836; common Alder, Amer. \ Hazel-
leaved Alder. ... A tree of similar magnitude to the common alder. ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"Of these, the only species that need be noticed here are, the common alder, the
Turkey Alder, and the Heart-Leaved Alder. Л/т'. ..."
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