ALNUS
\ɐlnjˈuːz], \ɐlnjˈuːz], \ɐ_l_n_j_ˈuː_z]\
Definitions of ALNUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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alders
By Princeton University
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alders
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A plant genus of the family BETULACEAE that is distinguished from birch (BETULA) by its usually stalked winter buds and by cones that remain on the branches after the small, winged nutlets are released.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A genus of small trees or shrubs, the alders, the bark of which possesses tonic and astringent properties in doses of gr. 5-10 (0.3-0.6).
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] A genus of trees and shrubs of the Betulacete. The astringent bark of black alder, A. glutinosa of Europe and the serratulata (A. rubra) of America is used in doses of 10 gr. (gm. 0.60) in malaria, diarrhoea, and haematuria, and as a wash in leucorrhoea.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
