alder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: alder	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for alder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alder n wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant Synonym(s): alder, alder tree
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[etil]r), Aller \Al"ler\ ([add]l"l[etil]r), a. [From ealra, alra, gen. pl. of AS. eal. The d is excrescent.] Of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[etil]r), n. [OE. aldir, aller, fr. AS. alr, aler, alor, akin to D. els, G. erle, Icel. erlir, erli, Swed. al, Dan. elle, el, L. alnus, and E. elm.] (Bot.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus {Alnus}. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. {Black alder}. (a) A European shrub ({Rhamnus frangula}); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly ({Ilex verticillata}), bearing red berries.