WHITE ALDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white alder mean? 

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

1. tree of western United States

2. shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE ALDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alnus rhombifolia; mountain alder; white alder

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

Alnus; genus Alnus (alders)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clethra alnifolia; pepper bush; summer sweet; sweet pepperbush; white alder

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)