| Noun | 1. | genus Alnus - aldershamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins alder tree, alder - north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the rot-resistant wood Alnus rugosa, speckled alder - common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having shoots scattered with rust-colored down | |