Synonym of alb

(rare) plural of album

A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba. / A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

(poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

A county of Transylvania, Romania.

plural of alba

(anatomy) A fibrous structure that runs down the midline of the abdomen in humans and other vertebrates.

(obsolete, alchemy) calomel

(chemistry, obsolete) A bulky white amorphous substance, consisting of a hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium, and used as a mild cathartic.

(historical) An ancient city in Latium, in central Italy, destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC.