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‖ ala|ˈeɪlə|
Pl. alæ |ˈeɪliː|.
[L. āla a wing, an arm-pit, a side apartment.]
1. Phys. Any wing-like process; esp. one of the lateral cartilages of the nose.
1755Phil. Trans. XLIX. 193, I laid the intire bone bare..even down to the ala of the nose. 1856Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 111 The great ala of the sphenoid. 1864Spencer Illust. Progr. 11 The flatness of the alae of the nose.
2. Bot.
†a. An axil, or junction of branch and trunk (obs.).
b. One of the side petals of a papilionaceous corolla. Gray Struct. Bot.
1794Martyn tr. Rousseau's Bot. v. 50 Branches which grow from their alæ, or axils.
3. Arch. A side apartment or recess of a Roman house. (Hence aisle of a church.)
1832Gell Pompeiana I. i. 9 The atrium has two alæ in one of which is an altar. |