Definition of Alnus rubra

1. Noun. Large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture.

Exact synonyms: Oregon Alder, Red Alder
Group relationships: Alnus, Genus Alnus
Generic synonyms: Alder, Alder Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alnus Rubra

Almighty
Almira
Almiros
Almoravid
Almyros
Alnair
Alnico
Alnilam
Alnitak
Alnus
Alnus crispa
Alnus glutinosa
Alnus incana
Alnus maritima
Alnus rhombifolia
Alnus rubra (current term)
Alnus rugosa
Alnus serrulata
Alnus veridis
Alnus veridis crispa
Alnus vulgaris
Alocasia macrorrhiza
Aloe ferox
Aloe vera
Aloeaceae
Alogian
Alogians
Aloha State
Alois Senefelder
Alonso

Literary usage of Alnus rubra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Characteristics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale, F. S. Whitman (1873)
"GENERALITIES. o Debility, general or local, from protracted illness; loss of fluids, defective nutrition and imperfect assimilation. Alnus rubra. ..."

2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Wherever it grows, the charm of mountain canons is strikingly enhanced by its long slender white trunks and airy crowns. 2. Alnus rubra Bong. ..."

3. The complete herbalist; or, The people their own physicians by the use of by Oliver Phelps Brown (1867)
"The Alnus rubra is indigenous to Europe and America, and blossoms in March and April ... The active principle of Alnus rubra, as prepared for practitioners, ..."

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