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Definition of Oregon alder

1. Noun. Large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oregon Alder

Literary usage of Oregon alder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural Wealth of California: Comprising Early History; Geography by Titus Fey Cronise (1868)
"The cognomen alder is associated in the public mind with some sort of bush or shrub ; but the species of this coast, designated as oregon alder, ..."

2. The Natural Wealth of California: Comprising Early History; Geography by Titus Fey Cronise (1868)
"oregon alder.—The cognomen alder is associated in the public mind with some sort of bush or shrub ; but the species of this coast, designated as Oregon ..."

3. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"RED, OR OREGON, ALDER. Plate 58, figs. 1-4 ; plate 59. ... The Red, or Oregon, Alder fringes streams in deep, cool canons, spreads out over moist or humid ..."

4. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1857)
"I never saw it attaining a greater size than a foot in diameter by thirty to forty feet in height. ALNUS OREGONA. The oregon alder. A. OREGONA. Nutt. ..."

5. Commercial Raw Materials: Their Origin, Preparation and Uses by Charles Robinson Toothaker, S. F. Aaron, B. H. A. Groth, Philadelphia museums (1905)
"oregon alder is a tree of the Pacific Coast, from Alaska oregon alder to California. The wood is extensively used for cabinet work, carriage bodies and ..."

6. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1876)
"California Alder. — California. No. 321. Alnus Oregona, Nutt. — oregon alder-. — California and Oregon. On the Pacific coast, iu California and Oregon. ..."

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