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

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

(rare) plural of album

Synonym of alb

A county of Transylvania, Romania.

plural of alba

(obsolete, alchemy) calomel

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

A white earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum and aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, such as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.

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