alder-leaved

alder-leaved
alˈder-leaved adjective
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Main Entry:alder

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  • alder-leaved serviceberry — noun shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple red fruits • Syn: ↑alderleaf Juneberry, ↑Amelanchier alnifolia • Hypernyms: ↑Juneberry, ↑serviceberry, ↑service tree, ↑shadbush, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • 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 Etymology: Middle English, from Old English alor; akin to Old High German elira alder, Latin alnus Date: before 12th century any of a genus (Alnus) of toothed leaved trees or shrubs of the birch family that have catkins which become woody,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Amelanchier — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

  • alderleaf Juneberry — noun shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple red fruits • Syn: ↑alder leaved serviceberry, ↑Amelanchier alnifolia • Hypernyms: ↑Juneberry, ↑serviceberry, ↑service tree,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Amelanchier alnifolia — noun shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple red fruits • Syn: ↑alderleaf Juneberry, ↑alder leaved serviceberry • Hypernyms: ↑Juneberry, ↑serviceberry, ↑service tree, ↑shadbush …   Useful english dictionary

  • Juneberry — noun any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue black or purplish fruit • Syn: ↑serviceberry, ↑service tree, ↑shadbush, ↑shadblow • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • …   Useful english dictionary

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