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red alder

noun

  1. a tree, Alnus oregona (or A. rubra ), of western North America, having smooth, mottled light gray bark and oval serrate leaves.
  2. the hard, red wood of this tree, used for making furniture.


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Other Words From

  • red-alder adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of red alder1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

At one point, they scooped silt from the lakebed of the Glines Canyon Reservoir and placed it into planting boxes, where they attempted to grow red alder.

The most common tree species are red alder, big leaf maple and beaked hazelnut.

The twigs of bigleaf maple and red alder, cast to the ground by winter’s wind, show their thrusting buds, just ready to make this year’s leaves.

Warm-hued leaves offset the various shades of year-round green, in the form of bigleaf maples, vine maples, red alders and black cottonwood.

There are a handful of options, including red alder, which is native to North America's West Coast.

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