WITCH ALDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does witch alder mean? 

• WITCH ALDER (noun)
  The noun WITCH ALDER has 1 sense:

1. any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains

  Familiarity information: WITCH ALDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITCH ALDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fothergilla; witch alder

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

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

Holonyms ("witch alder" is a member of...):

Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla (small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States)