English Explanatory Dictionary

album graecum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The dung of dogs or hyenas, turned white by exposure to air, formerly used in dressing leather and in medicine.

Word forms

album graecum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin, literally, “Greek white”.

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