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

Example Sentences

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

The black alder, Alnus glutinosa Gaertn., a European tree, has been planted near ponds.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.

Bushes of black alder, with a few poplars and twining shrubs, are scattered over the beaver meadows; some of which have high stony banks; and little islands of trees.

From Lady Mary and her Nurse by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland

The flicker devours most of the fruits listed for the two woodpeckers named above, also hackberry, black alder, green brier, bayberries.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)

In America the black alder is often met in horticultural varieties.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen