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• alar
  alar

  adjective

  pertaining to or having wings; alary.
• Alar
  Alar

  a brand of daminozide.

alar

¹ American  

[ey-ler] / ˈeɪ lər /

adjective

1. pertaining to or having wings; alary.

2. winglike; wing-shaped.

3. Anatomy, Botany. axillary.

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Alar ² American  

[ey-lahr] / ˈeɪ lɑr /

Trademark.

1. a brand of daminozide.

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alar ¹ British  

/ ˈeɪlə /

adjective

1. relating to, resembling, or having wings or alae

2. 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

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Alar ² British  

/ ˈeɪlɑː /

noun

1. Also called: daminozide.  a chemical sprayed on cultivated apple trees in certain countries, to increase fruit set

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Other Word Forms

• interalar
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of alar

1830–40; < Latin ālāris equivalent to āl(a) wing ( see ala) + -āris -ar ¹

Related Words

• feathered