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.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D029661
altLabel
Alders
Alder
AQL
AE AH CH CL CY DE EM EN GD GE IM ME MI PH PO PS RE TO UL VI
cui
C0330318
DC
1
definition
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.