common alder

English Thesaurus

1. medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	alder, alder tree,
definition	:	north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	alnus, genus alnus,
definition	:	alders (noun.plant)