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▪ I. alba|ˈælbə|
[Pr., f. Rom. *alba (cf. Sp. alba dawn), f. L. albus white.]
A dawn-song of the Provençal poets. Cf. aubade.
1821New Monthly Mag. I. 284 The Albas and the Serenas of the Provençal poets were the stanzas, which were sung by them at the break or close of day, in honour of their mistresses. [1934A. Jeanroy La Poésie des Troubadours II. vii. 292 Réveillés, à l'aurore, par le cri du guetteur, deux amants qui viennent de passer la nuit ensemble se séparent en maudissant le jour qui vient trop tôt; tel est le thème, non moins invariable que celui de la pastourelle, d'un genre dont le nom est emprunté au mot alba, qui figure parfois au début de la pièce, et régulièrement à la fin de chaque couplet, où il forme refrain.] 1936C. S. Lewis Alleg. Love iv. 196 Before them lies the morning and the beautiful antiphonal alba.
▪ II. alba, n.2|ˈælbə|
[a. L. alba, fem. of albus white, in Rosa alba (adopted by C. Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 492), now called Rosa × alba.]
A shrub rose derived from Rosa × alba (an old white garden rose now thought to be a hybrid), distinguished by grey-green leaves and pinkish-white, sweet-scented flowers; also, a flower of such a plant.
1848W. Paul Rose Garden i. iv. 51 Summer Roses: Provence, 8. Moss, 10. Damask, 6. Alba, 6. Gallica, 75. 1869S. R. Hole Bk. about Roses xi. 161 It was patent to their shrewder sense why pink Roses were called Albas. 1962I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xxii. 219 Snipping off here a faintly blushing alba and here a golden-stamened wine-dark rose of Provence. 1962Amat. Gardening 24 Mar. 4/3 The species and older shrub roses such as the albas. 1990Practical Gardening Nov. 69/1 (Advt.), Their form of flower, delicacy of colouring and particularly their rich fragrance, can be compared with the Damask, Gallica and Alba roses of years gone by. |