Synonyms:
alder, alder_tree
Meaning: north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
Synonyms:
alder
Meaning: wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
Usage examples
I made out, however, to level down a strip large enough to lie on, and by means of slim alder stems bent over it and tied together soon had a home.
This went on for some time, but at last one of the boys spied out a woodpecker in the meadow-lands among the wood-pigeons, and when he had found her nest in a half-dead alder tree, came running to Peter with the news of his discovery.