alder

alder


Al·der     (äl'dər)   
German chemist. He shared a 1950 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning the structure of organic matter.
al·der    Audio Help   (ôl'dər)   

n.  
  1. Any of various deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Alnus, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having alternate simple toothed leaves and tiny fruits in woody, conelike catkins.

  2. The wood of these plants, used in carvings and for making furniture and cabinets.


[Middle English, from Old English alor.]
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