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.

(noun.) wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc.

手打:劳里

• She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder-trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• So she swerved down to the steep, tree-hidden bank above the pond, where the alders twisted their roots. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

手打:玛里琳