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alder carr

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alder carr (plural alder carrs)

  1. (countable) A particular type of carr, i.e. waterlogged wooded terrain populated with alder trees.
    • 2023, Ray Mears, chapter 1, in British Woodland, Ebury Spotlight, →ISBN:
      Alder is [...] usually found growing in marshes and along rivers, streams and other wet areas. Alder in fact gives its name to a term for wet woodland: alder carr.