albous

English

Etymology

From Latin albus, +‎ -ous.

Adjective

albous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) White.
    • 1841, Edward Newman, John Van Voorst, A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects; Being a New and Greatly Improved Edition of The Grammar of Entomology:
      Whites:- albous or albus is a pure white […]
    • 1940, Stanford University, Natural History Museum, Microentomology: Contributions to Entomology from the Natural History Museum of Stanford University, Volumes 5-8:
      Frons: piceous, scarcely convex; rugose-punctate; sparse, lanceolate, small, griseo-albous squamae.
    • 1998, Society of Cytologists and Geneticists, India, The Journal of Cytology and Genetics, Volume 33:
      These included dark coloured flower, light coloured flower, albous flower, pink flower, red flower, small flower, biflorate and triflorate mutants.

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