green alder

Questions about green alder

What does green alder mean?

green alder means "North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for green alder?

Close synonyms include Alnus veridis crispa, Alnus crispa, Alnus veridis. 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 green alder a common word?

green alder is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.