Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of shrubs and small trees, natural order Cupuliferæ, growing in moist places in northern temperate or colder regions.
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- noun alders
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Examples
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"Among alnus and young Larix laricina" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, though.
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Coffee arabica and C. robusta are grown under alnus (Alnus japonica) trees at 2 × 2 m spacing to as wide as 15 × 15 meters.
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The upper layer is dominated by trees such as pine trees, alnus, mango, rimes, acacia (Samanea saman), santol and caimito.
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Cassia senna, and Rhamnus alnus have long been used as laxative drugs.
Chapter 7 1991
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The fruits of the Glossy buckthorn or Frangula alnus.
Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010
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The fruits of the Glossy buckthorn or Frangula alnus.
Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010
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(_cratægus_,) alder, (_alnus viridis_,) and _cerasus_, with an oak allied to _quercus alba_, but very distinct from that or any other species in the United States.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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incipe Maenalios mecum, mea tibia, uersus. nunc et ouis ultro fugiat lupus, aurea durae mala ferant quercus, narcisso floreat alnus, pinguia corticibus sudent electra myricae, 55 certent et cycnis ululae, sit Tityrus Orpheus,
Pharmaceutria Vergil 1912
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Nunc et ovis ultro fugiat lupus; aurea durae Mala ferant quercusj narciffo floreat alnus}
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
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Nunc et ovis ultro fugiat lupus; aurea durae Mala ferant quercus; narciffo floreat alnus)
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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