gray alder

1. 1.

   native to Europe but introduced in America

   Synonymsgrey alderAlnus incana

   Broaderalder

   Part ofAlnus

Questions about gray alder

What does gray alder mean?

gray alder means "native to Europe but introduced in America".

What is another word for gray alder?

Close synonyms include grey alder, Alnus incana. 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 gray alder a common word?

gray 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.