Populus alba definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a poplar ... poplar, white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba] Webster's 1913 Dictionary White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree ... House. White ibis (Zo["o]l.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the ... Note under Pine. White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele. White ... dilatata) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is Populus alba. 2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white ... a dim. of L. albus white.] The white poplar (Populus alba). Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. --Mrs. Browning.
Sinapis alba definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Eurasian mustard ... mustard and mustard oil [syn: white mustard, Brassica hirta, Sinapis alba] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sinalbin Sin*al"bin, n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Webster's 1913 ... Dictionary White mustard White mustard A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, ...
B alba definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mustard Mus"tard, n. [OF ... of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum ... the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ... flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods ... obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of ... cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is ...
Betula alba definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Betulin Bet"u*lin, n ... from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor ... the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ... flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods ... obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of ...
Brassica alba definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sinalbin Sin*al"bin, n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
terra alba definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: finely pulverized ... pipes and pottery and in whitening leather [syn: pipeclay, terra alba] 3: a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering ... syn: china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay, terra alba] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a white mineral, esp. pipeclay or ... ra, n. [It. & L. See Terrace.] The earth; earth. Terra alba [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting ...
P alba definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Spruce Spruce, n. [OE. Spruce ... excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest ... to certain American species of the composite genus Prenanthes (P. alba and P. serpentaria), formerly asserted to cure the bite of ...
Nymphaea alba definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a water lily with white flowers [syn: European white lily, Nymphaea alba] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nenuphar Nen"u*phar, n. [F ... great white water lily of Europe; the Nymph[ae]a alba.
Lawsonia inermis or alba definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Henna Hen"na, n. [Ar. hinn[=a] alcanna (Lawsonia inermis or alba). Cf. Alcanna, Alkanet, Orchanet.] 1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in ...
Alba, Fernando ç lvarez de Toledo (y Pimentel), duque (Duke) de ... Naples 1556-59. As a chief minister to Philip II, Alba became notorious for his tyranny as governor-general of the ... 12,000 people for rebellion. Recalled to Spain in 1573, Alba later conducted a brilliant campaign against Portugal (1580) but never ...
Agrostis alba definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: slender European ... America and temperate Asia [syn: wood meadowgrass, Poa nemoralis, Agrostis alba] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fiorin Fi"o*rin, n. [Cf ... of grass.] (Bot.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.
Melilotus alba definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: biennial plant ... valuable honey plant [syn: white sweet clover, white melilot, Melilotus alba] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tree Tree (tr[=e]), n. [OE ... musang). Tree clover (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot (Melilotus alba). See Melilot. Tree crab (Zo["o]l.), the purse crab ...
Nabalus alba definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: herb of ... sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes [syn: white lettuce, cankerweed, Nabalus alba, Prenanthes alba]
Seleucides alba definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Paradise Par"a*dise, n ... highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast ... Epimachin[ae]) from the same region. The Twelve-wired (Seleucides alba) is one of these. See Paradise bird, and Note under ...
L alba definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Henna Hen"na, n. [Ar. hinn[=a] alcanna (Lawsonia inermis or alba). Cf. Alcanna, Alkanet, Orchanet.] 1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in ...