Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A name given by Lamarck to a combination of the molluscan families Strombidæ, Aporrhaidæ, and Struthiolariidæ, having reference to the expanded winglike outer lip of the shell. See wingshell.

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Examples

  • Years ago I ripped out a perfectly nice burning bush (Euonymus alata) after learning that the Asian species, famed for its flaming fall foliage, has been blamed for spreading wantonly through its seeds.

    Politically Incorrect Gardening 2010

  • Kruvipeale leitakse sobiv keha... pea kruvitakse sinna otsa... ja missioon võib alata...

    The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006) Ulmeguru 2009

  • One of my favorites is the delicious baru nut, which comes from the baruzeiro tree (dipteryx alata).

    Chris McGowan: The Importance of Being Cerrado: Brazil's Other Huge, Endangered Ecosystem 2009

  • My Brocchinia reducta are yellowing up nicely and the Sarracenia alata are making lots of fresh new pitchers.

    Sequential leaves 2009

  • My Brocchinia reducta are yellowing up nicely and the Sarracenia alata are making lots of fresh new pitchers.

    Big weekend 2009

  • It has some vegetation in semi-arid zones and on lands with special geologic conditions and thus some endemic vegetation can be found, such as high-density stands of Quercus oleoides, and Crescentia alata.

    Central American dry forests 2009

  • Some of the more common tree species here are; Lophira alata, Pycnanthus angolensis, Ricinodendron heudelotii, Sacoglottis gabonensis, Uapaca spp.,

    Niger Delta swamp forests 2008

  • The vegetation is characterized by Shorea robusta, usually in association with Anogeissus latifolia, Terminalia alata, Lagerstroemia parviflora, Pterocarpus marsupium, Aegle marmelos, Syzygium operculatum, Symplocus racemosa, and Croton oblongifolius.

    Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests 2008

  • In drier sections the most common emergents, Lophira alata, Sacoglottis gabonensis, Irvingia gabonensis, and Klainedoxa gabonensis, while in the wetter sections Alstonia boonei and Ctenolophon englerianus dominate.

    Niger Delta swamp forests 2008

  • Yellow pitcher plants (Sarracenia alata) are a characteristic species of hillside bogs of Ecoregion 35.

    Ecoregions of Louisiana (EPA) 2008

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