1. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant; [syn: alder, alder tree]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
alder tree
n 1: north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and
conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the
wood is rot-resistant [syn: alder, alder tree]