white alder

/waɪt ˌɔldər/

/hwaɪt ˌɔldər/

Other forms: white alders

Definitions of white alder

1. noun

   tree of western United States
   synonyms: Alnus rhombifolia, mountain alder

   type of:

   alder, alder tree

   north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
2. noun

   shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
   synonyms: Clethra alnifolia, pepper bush, summer sweet, sweet pepperbush

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems