black alder

American  

noun

1. Also called winterberry.  a holly, Ilex verticillata, of eastern and midwestern North America, bearing red fruit that remains through early winter.

2. a European alder, Alnus glutinosa, having a dark-gray bark and sticky foliage.

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Etymology

Origin of black alder

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

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black alder

Winter floods are also becoming more frequent, with less flooding in spring, causing large areas of floodplain meadows, marshes, old lakes, wet oak and black alder forests to dry out.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2020

One part of the road ran through a low, moist spot bordered by a thicket of black alder, and into this the cow pushed her way, and stood quietly.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various

The piles of the Rialto in Venice and along the canals of Amsterdam and other Dutch cities are of black alder.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Beautiful bright red berries, dotted or clustered along the naked twigs of the black alder, add an indispensable cheeriness to the somber winter landscape.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje

You need not change your flies; the cast which you have on - governor, and black alder - will take, if anything will. 

From Prose Idylls, New and Old by Kingsley, Charles