European black alder

Thesaurus

Noun

1.European black alder - medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneathAlnus glutinosa, Alnus vulgaris, common alderAlnus, genus Alnus - aldersalder tree, alder - north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant