mountain alder

English Thesaurus

1. tree of western United States (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	alder, alder tree,
definition	:	north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	alnus, genus alnus,
definition	:	alders (noun.plant)

2. small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	maple,
definition	:	any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone (noun.plant)