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alder
/ˈɔldɚ/
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What does alder mean?
noun
- Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
- An alderman or alderwoman.
proper noun
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by alder trees.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɔldɚ/
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And then would begin a great fight, for years and years, between oak and beech against alder and willow.
It is lined with emerald algae and mosses, and shaded with alder, willow, and thorn bushes, which give it a fine setting.
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The valley was wild and solitary to an extraordinary degree, the brook or torrent running in the middle of it covered with alder trees.
A large proportion of these trees have not sprouted as yet, though alder and better pruned trees are all sprouted in the same vicinity.
Directly opposite to where the right branch enters, a small cold stream comes in among a cluster of alder bushes on the eastern shore.