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‖ alabastrum Bot.|æləˈbɑːstrəm, -æ-| [Cf. virides alabastros, used of rose-buds in Pliny.] (See quot.)
1706Phillips, Alabastrum or Alabastrus..Among Herbalists, the Bud or green Leaves of Plants, which enclose the bottom of the Flowers, before they are spread. 1858Gray Bot. Text-bk. 395 Alabastrum, a flower-bud. |