Alderwood
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wood largely populated with alder trees.
"Geltsdale Forsest is an extensive tract of mountain, forming the south-east portion of Castle Carrock parish, and is a royal forest leased by the Earl of Carlisle. Part of it abounds in birch and alderwoods, and gives rise to the river Gelt, which flows northwards."
- 2 The wood from an alder tree.
"Fig. 12. Is a piece of Alder-wood the breadth whereof is about the bigness of the bristle of a Hog, to the naked Eye."
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More examples"Geltsdale Forsest is an extensive tract of mountain, forming the south-east portion of Castle Carrock parish, and is a royal forest leased by the Earl of Carlisle. Part of it abounds in birch and alderwoods, and gives rise to the river Gelt, which flows northwards."
Etymology
From alder + wood.