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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[~e]r), Aller \Al"ler\ ([add]l"l[~e]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[~e]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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
alder
n 1: wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater
rot; used for bridges etc
2: north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and
conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the
rot-resistant wood [syn: {alder tree}]
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