european black alder

1. 1.

   medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath

   Synonymscommon alderAlnus glutinosaAlnus vulgaris

   Broaderalder

   Part ofAlnus

Questions about european black alder

What does european black alder mean?

european black alder means "medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath".

What is another word for european black alder?

Close synonyms include common alder, Alnus glutinosa, Alnus vulgaris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is european black alder a common word?

european black alder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.