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Definition of Alnus
1. Noun. Alders.
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Betulaceae, Birch Family, Family Betulaceae
Member holonyms: Alder, Alder Tree, Alnus Glutinosa, Alnus Vulgaris, Common Alder, European Black Alder, Alnus Incana, Gray Alder, Grey Alder, Alnus Maritima, Seaside Alder, Alnus Rhombifolia, Mountain Alder, White Alder, Alnus Rubra, Oregon Alder, Red Alder, Alnus Rugosa, Speckled Alder, Alnus Serrulata, Hazel Alder, Smooth Alder, Alnus Veridis, Green Alder, Alnus Crispa, Alnus Veridis Crispa, Green Alder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alnus
Literary usage of Alnus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Alnus incana Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 335. 1805. A shrub, or rarely a small tree, 8°-40°
high, ... Be tula Alnus and var. glutinosa L. Sp. PI. 983. 1753. ..."
2. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"Alnus serrulata Aiton.—Black Alder, Tag Alder, Description. ... Other species of
alnus, both indigenous and exotic, possess similar properties. ..."
3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1801)
"Alnus. Rail Syn. 442. Ger. «и. 1477. The trunk is of a middling height and
thickness, rugged, crooked, and of slow growth. The wood is reddish, ..."
4. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Alnus. Pistillate catkins solitary, cylindrical and erect in fruit, ... Alnus L.
ALDER. Peduncles branched or forked, bearing a cluster of few to several ..."
5. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"The only species to which we think it necessary to refer here is the Alnus
glutinosa, or common alder, which is sometimes found a useful tree for planting ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"On the Structure of the Root-nodules q/'Alnus glutinosa. %TW WOODHEAD..
Longitudinal sections show that the nodule is traversed by a central strand of short ..."
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