GREEN ALDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does green alder mean? 

• GREEN ALDER (noun)
  The noun GREEN ALDER has 2 senses:

1. North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts

2. shrub of mountainous areas of Europe

  Familiarity information: GREEN ALDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREEN ALDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alnus crispa; Alnus veridis crispa; green alder

Hypernyms ("green alder" 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 ("green alder" is a member of...):

Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrub of mountainous areas of Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alnus veridis; green alder

Hypernyms ("green alder" 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 ("green alder" is a member of...):

Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)