aliso

noun

ali·​so

əˈlē(ˌ)zō,

-sō

plural -s

1

: any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Alnus

2

: the wood of an aliso

Word History

Etymology

Spanish

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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