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alder vs white alder

white alder vs alder

alder and white alder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
alder Yes No No No
white alder Yes No No No
As nouns, white alder is a hyponym of alder; that is, white alder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alder:
  • alder: north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
  • white alder: tree of western United States
alder (noun) white alder (noun)
north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant tree of western United States
wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
Difference between alder and white alder

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