MOUNTAIN ALDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain alder mean? 

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

1. small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn

2. tree of western United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUNTAIN ALDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acer spicatum; mountain alder; mountain maple

Hypernyms ("mountain alder" is a kind of...):

maple (any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tree of western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alnus rhombifolia; mountain alder; white alder

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

Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)