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Alder — Taxobox name = Alder image caption = Alnus serrulata (Tag Alder) Male catkins on right, mature female catkins left Johnsonville, South Carolina regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Betulaceae… … Wikipedia
alder — /awl deuhr/, n. 1. any shrub or tree belonging to the genus Alnus, of the birch family, growing in moist places in northern temperate or colder regions and having toothed, simple leaves and flowers in catkins. 2. any of various trees or shrubs… … Universalium
Alder — /ahl deuhr/; Ger. /ahl deuhrdd/, n. Kurt /kerrt/; Ger. /koorddt/, 1902 58, German chemist: Nobel prize 1950. * * * Any of about 30 species of ornamental shrubs and trees in the genus Alnus, of the birch family, found throughout the Northern… … Universalium
alder — noun [ˈɔːldə,ˈɔldɚ/ Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family. See Also: Andean alder, black alder, Caucasian alder, common alder, Formosan alder, green alder, grey alder, hazel alder, Himalayan alder,… … Wiktionary
Red Shift (novel) — infobox Book | name = Red Shift title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover, showing the folly tower on Mow Cop. author = Alan Garner cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Fantasy Novel… … Wikipedia
Alder — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has two distinct possible sources. Firstly, it may derive from either of two Olde English pre 7th Century personal names, Ealdhere or Aethelhere, composed of the elements eald , old or aethel … Surnames reference
Red-winged Blackbird — Taxobox name = Red winged Blackbird status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px image caption = Male regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Icteridae genus = Agelaius species = A.… … Wikipedia
Red pepper — Pepper Pep per, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr. ?, ?, akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.] 1. A well known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}. [1913 Webster] Note: Common, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
alder buckthorn — a shrub or small tree, Frangula alnus, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having nonedible red fruit that turns black when ripe. [1860 65] * * * ▪ shrub also called Alder Dogwood (Rhamnus frangula) woody shrub or small tree, of the buckthorn… … Universalium
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia
