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Alfa
(n.)
Alt. of Alfa grass
Alfa grass
(n.)
A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also,
its fiber, used in paper making.
Alfalfa
(n.)
The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California,
Texas, etc.
Alfenide
(n.)
An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
Alferes
(n.)
An ensign; a standard bearer.
Alfet
(n.)
A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person
plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
Alfilaria
(n.)
The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in
California.
Alfione
(n.)
An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes).
Alfresco
(adv. & a.)
In the open-air.
Alga
(n.)
A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic
plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp,
dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.
Algae
(pl. )
of Alga
Algal
(a.)
Pertaining to, or like, algae.
Algaroba
(n.)
The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region;
also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.
Algaroba
(n.)
The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree
found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A
valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in
Texas and Mexico.
Algarot
(n.)
Alt. of Algaroth
Algaroth
(n.)
A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder
which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was
formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.
Algarovilla
(n.)
The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a
South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather,
and as a dye.
Algate
(adv.)
Alt. of Algates
Algates
(adv.)
Always; wholly; everywhere.
Algates
(adv.)
By any or means; at all events.