red alder, noun phrase

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South African Dutch, AfrikaansShow more Translation of South African Dutch roode els, later Afrikaans rooi-els.
rooi-els.
1798 S.H. Wilcocke tr. of J.S. Stavorinus’s Voy. to E. Indies II. 79Buckuhout..; roode else, or red alder.
1843 J.C. Chase Cape of G.H. 160Alder, red (Ronde Els).
1907 T.R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora 21Red Alder or Red Els.
1961 Palmer & Pitman Trees of S. Afr. 192The red alder is found in moist mountain forests throughout the country, often in association with the stinkwood and the real yellowwood.
1970 Morris & Van Aardt in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. II. 569The indigenous timbers of South Africa, such as stinkwood..and red alder, are too scarce and expensive to be regarded as structural timber now.
1972 Evening Post 19 Aug. 4All that remained of the trees that must have grown there in former years were a few stumps of red alder and yellowwood.
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