tree related to the birch, Old English alor "alder" (with intrusive -d- added 14c.; the historical form aller survived until 18c. in literary English and persists in dialects, such as Lancas [..]

n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.

A common flowering plant along the successional chain of species for a forest. © 2010 by Nature Education Knowledge.

Danish and Norwegian word for "age."

Swedish word for "age."

(n) wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc(n) north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyein [..]

A Plant genus of the Family Betulaceae that is distinguished from Birch (Betula) by its usually stalked winter buds and by cones that remain on the branches after the small, winged nutlets are release [..]

n.(1) "alder, the tree," s.v. alder sb.\1 OED. KEY: alder@n1

n1 1 alder 1

<botany> A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. The species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. An American species of holly (Ilex verticillata), bearing re [..]

<person> See: Alder's anomaly, Alder bodies. (05 Mar 2000)

for someone who lived by alder trees.