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ALG 



Malabar), a family of tall orna- 

 mental trees. 



alaria esculenta, al-ar'i-a fe#t& 

 Vnt'ti, (L. alaria, on the wings, 

 winged ; esculenta, edible, good to 

 eat), the winged esculent ; one 

 of the Algae or seaweed family. 



albescent, a., alb-Zs'-ent (L. albesco, 

 I grow white), growing white. 



albicant, a., alb -ik- ant (L. albico, 

 I am white), growing more 

 whitish ; somewhat white. 



albino, n., alb-in'-d (L. albus, 

 white), persons with white skin 

 and hair, eyes of a pink colour, 

 and extremely sensitive to the 

 light, who yet may have other- 

 wise perfect health : albinism, n. , 

 alb'-in-ism, a condition of the hair 

 wanting in any positive colour ; 

 a pale condition in a plant. 



albumen, n., alb-um'-en (L. album- 

 en, the white of an egg from 

 albus, white), the nutritious 

 farinaceous matter stored up with 

 the embryo; the perisperm or 

 endosperm ; one of the proxi- 

 mate principles of animals and 

 plants ; the white of the eyes ; 

 white of an egg : albuminous, a., 

 dlb-um'm-us, having the nature 

 of albumen : albuminoid, a., alb- 

 um'-m-oyd (Gr. eidos, resem- 

 blance), resembling albumen : 

 albuminose,n., -m-oz, the soluble 

 portion of fibrin : albuminuria, 

 n., alb f 'Um'in'Ur'i'a (albumen; 

 Gr. our on, L. urlna, the urine), 

 a diseased state in which albumen 

 may be detected in the urine ; a 

 term indicative of the presence of 

 albumen in the urine. 



alburnum, n., al-bur'-ntim (L. 

 alburnum from albus, white), 

 the soft white substance between 

 the inner bark and the true 

 wood ; the outer young wood of a 

 dicotyledonous stem. 



alcohol, n., al'-ko-Ul (Ar. al, the ; 

 kohol, the impalpable powder of 

 antimony with which the Orientals 

 stain their eyelids, a pure extract), 

 spirits of wine ; distilled spirits 



highly rectified ; a product of the 

 vinous fermentation : absolute 

 alcohol, in med., the pharmac- 

 opceial name for 'rectified spirits'; 

 alcoholata, al'kd-hol-dt'a, dis- 

 tillation of alcohol with aromatic 

 substances : alcoholate, n., -at, 

 a salt containing alcohol : alco- 

 holise, -Iz, to convert into alcohol : 

 alcoholisation, n.,- fa- a' shun, the 

 art of rectifying spirits of wine 

 till it is absolutely pure : alcohol- 

 ism, n., al'-kd'hol'izm, the symp- 

 toms produced by over-indulgence 

 in the use of alcoholic liquids. 



alder, n., awld f -er (AS. air, Ger. 

 etter), the common name for the 

 A Inus glutinosa. 



Aldrovanda vesiculosa, ald'rov- 

 and f -a ves-ik'-ul-oz'-a (after the 

 Italian botanist A Idrovandus ; 

 veslcula, a little blister, a vesicle), 

 a curious aquatic plant found in 

 the south of Europe, distinguished 

 by its whorled cellular leaves or 

 floating bladders, Ord. Drosera- 

 cese. 



aleurites lactifera, al'-ur-it'-ez lakt- 

 if'-er-a (Gr. aleurites, made of 

 wheaten flour, in allusion to the 

 farinaceous substance which covers 

 the whole plant from aleuron, 

 wheaten flour; L. lac, milk, lactis, 

 of milk ; fero, I carry), the green 

 lac tree of Ceylon : aleurites 

 triloba, trl'-lob-a (Gr. treis, three ; 

 lobos, a lobe), the candle-nut tree, 

 yielding an oil by expression, is 

 purgative, and used by artists, 

 Ord. Euphorbeaceae. 



Alga, n., alg'-d (L. alga, seaweed), 

 a herb or weed growing in the 

 sea or on the shore: Algse, n. plu., 

 dlj'e, the Seaweed family, an Ord. 

 of plants growing both in salt and 

 fresh water also called hydroph- 

 yta: algology, n., al-gol'-d-jl (Gr. 

 logos, discourse), a treatise on 

 the algse, or seaweeds ; the study 

 of seaweeds. 



algaroba-bean, al'gar-ob'a, also 

 carob, kar'-ob (Ar. al, the ; yar- 

 oba* a bean tree), the common 



