black alder


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black alder

n.
1. A Eurasian alder tree (Alnus glutinosa) that grows in wet soil and is naturalized in parts of North America.
2. See winterberry.

black′ al′der


n.
1. a holly, Ilex verticillata, of E and midwestern North America, bearing red fruit that remains through early winter.
2. a European alder, Alnus glutinosa, having a gray bark and sticky foliage.
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kurilensis) have shown the fastest growth, while native species of silver birch and black alder have proved to be the most productive deciduous trees [3, 9, 10].
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