ALBUM GRAECUM
\ˈalbəm ɡɹˈiːkəm], \ˈalbəm ɡɹˈiːkəm], \ˈa_l_b_ə_m ɡ_ɹ_ˈiː_k_ə_m]\
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Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.
By Oddity Software
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Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.
By Noah Webster.
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The white dung of the dog. It consists almost wholly of phosphate and carbonate of lime, from the bones used as food. It was formerly applied as a discutient gargle in quinsies, and as an antiepileptic; but is now justly banished from practice.
By Robley Dunglison
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).