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dər noun
1.
any shrub or tree belonging to the genus Alnus, of the birch family, growing in moist places in northern temperate or colder regions and having toothed, simple leaves and flowers in catkins.
2.
any of various trees or shrubs resembling an alder.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English alder, aller, Old English alor, al(e)r; cognate with Old Norse ǫlr, Middle Low German al(l)er < Germanic *álusṓ; akin to Middle High German alze < Germanic *alū́sō, Old High German elira, erila (German Erle) < Germanic *álisṓ, Middle Low German els(e) < Germanic *alísō, hence Germanic *álus, alísō; compare Polish olcha, Russian olʾkhá < Indo-European dialect *alisā; Lithuanian al̃ksnis, Latin alnus < Indo-European dialect *alsnos
before 900; Middle English alder, aller, Old English alor, al(e)r; cognate with Old Norse ǫlr, Middle Low German al(l)er < Germanic *álusṓ; akin to Middle High German alze < Germanic *alū́sō, Old High German elira, erila (German Erle) < Germanic *álisṓ, Middle Low German els(e) < Germanic *alísō, hence Germanic *álus, alísō; compare Polish olcha, Russian olʾkhá < Indo-European dialect *alisā; Lithuanian al̃ksnis, Latin alnus < Indo-European dialect *alsnos
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alder (ˈɔːldə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any N temperate betulaceous shrub or tree of the genus Alnus, having toothed leaves and conelike fruits. The bark is used in dyeing and tanning and the wood for bridges, etc because it resists underwater rot |
| 2. | any of several similar trees or shrubs |
| [Old English alor; related to Old High German elira, Latin alnus] | |
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Word Origin & History
alder
tree related to the birch, O.E. alor (with intrusive -d- added 14c.; the historical form aller survived until 18c. in literary Eng. and persists in dialects, e.g. Lancashire owler, partly from O.N.), from P.Gmc. *aliso (cf. O.N. ölr, Dan. elle, Swed. al, Du. els, Ger. erle), from the ancient PIE
name of the tree (cf. Rus. olicha, Pol. olcha, L. alnus, Lith. alksnis).
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Medical Dictionary
Alder Al·der (äl'dər), Kurt. 1902-1958.
German chemist. He shared a 1950 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning the structure of organic matter.
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The riparian parts were filled with forests of alder and willow.
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