alar
Origin of alar
1Other words from alar
- in·ter·a·lar, adjective
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Other definitions for Alar (2 of 2)
a brand of daminozide.
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How to use alar in a sentence
alar'con, king of Barca, who joined the armament of Egypt against the crusaders, but his men were only half armed.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.From long disuse marked alar collapse may interfere with the good results of the operation.
Two spotted ones, whose skins I have preserved, are smaller, being only thirty-four inches in alar extent.
Round Cape Horn | Joseph LamsonHorses drag the single carriage up the slight gradient to alar; it returns by the force of its own impetus.
The Fortunate Isles | Mary Stuart BoydAs the grey-bearded superintendent told us, alar was the first town on the island to have electric light installed.
The Fortunate Isles | Mary Stuart Boyd
British Dictionary definitions for alar (1 of 2)
/ (ˈeɪlə) /
relating to, resembling, or having wings or alae
denoting the cells at the base of a moss leaf, to the sides, that sometimes differ in structure from cells in the rest of the leaf
Origin of alar
1British Dictionary definitions for Alar (2 of 2)
/ (ˈeɪlɑː) /
a chemical sprayed on cultivated apple trees in certain countries, to increase fruit set: Also called: daminozide
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