alum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

alum (hal-), n., or alus, i, f., a plant.

I Comfrey : Symphytum officinale, Linn.; Plin. 27, 6, 24, § 41; 26, 7, 26, § 42; App. Herb. 59.—

II A kind of garlic , Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 116.

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