ALNUS GLUTINOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alnus glutinosa mean? 

• ALNUS GLUTINOSA (noun)
  The noun ALNUS GLUTINOSA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ALNUS GLUTINOSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALNUS GLUTINOSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris; common alder; European black alder

Hypernyms ("Alnus glutinosa" is a kind of...):

alder; alder tree (north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant)

Holonyms ("Alnus glutinosa" is a member of...):

Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)