alder.

A tree or shrub of the birch family, often growing in moist ground and bearing catkins.

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Words that belong together

• alder tree
• alder grove
• black alder

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Alders leaned over the narrow stream.

She followed the path through a grove of alder.

The alder’s catkins stirred above the flooded bank.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular alder; plural alders. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.