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al⋅der

  [awl-der]
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–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:
bef. 900; ME alder, aller, OE alor, al(e)r; c. ON ǫlr, MLG al(l)er < Gmc *álus; akin to MHG alze < Gmc *alsō, OHG elira, erila (G Erle) < Gmc *ális, MLG els(e) < Gmc *alísō, hence Gmc *álus, alísō; cf. Pol olcha, Russ olʾkhá < IE dial. *alisā; Lith al̃ksnis, L alnus < IE dial. *alsnos
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Al⋅der

  [ahl-der; Ger. ahl-duhr]
–noun
Kurt [kurt; Ger. koort] , 1902–58, German chemist: Nobel prize 1950.
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al·der   (ôl'dər)   


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n.  

  1. Any of various deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Alnus, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having alternate simple toothed leaves and tiny fruits in woody, conelike catkins.

  2. The wood of these plants, used in carvings and for making furniture and cabinets.


[Middle English, from Old English alor.]
Al·der   (äl'dər)   
German chemist. He shared a 1950 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning the structure of organic matter.
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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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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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