liber

¹ American  

[lahy-ber] / ˈlaɪ bər /

noun

Botany.

1. phloem.

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liber ² American  

[lahy-ber, li-ber] / ˈlaɪ bər, ˈlɪ bɛr /

noun

plural

libri, libers

1. a book of public records, as deeds or birth certificates.

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Liber ³ American  

[lahy-ber] / ˈlaɪ bər /

noun

1. an ancient Italian god of wine and vineyards, in later times identified with Bacchus.

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liber British  

/ ˈlaɪbə /

noun

1. a rare name for phloem

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Etymology

Origin of liber¹

1745–55; < Latin: bark; akin to leaf

Origin of liber²

< Latin: book, originally bark; see liber ¹

Example Sentences

A friend described him as a “true believer,” devoted to the mission of Special Forces: De oppresso liber, to free the oppressed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2021

Registered the within manumission at full length, this eleventh day of July, 1766, in liber D.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2015

If one would know more about Pepys than can be gleaned from the colyums of the Manhattan daily that records the doings of his modern prototype, ecce liber.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said he: "We were not wrong to choose liber ty and justice to build a pluralistic society in a united Spain."

From Time Magazine Archive

An liber in armis occubuisse velim potius, quam regna videre? an sit vita nihil, et longa? an differat aetas?

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.