"alum" meaning in Latin

See alum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈaː.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown Head templates: {{la-noun|ālum<2>}} ālum n (genitive ālī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ālum<2>}} Forms: ālum [canonical, neuter], ālī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ālum [nominative, singular], āla [nominative, plural], ālī [genitive, singular], ālōrum [genitive, plural], ālō [dative, singular], ālīs [dative, plural], ālum [accusative, singular], āla [accusative, plural], ālō [ablative, singular], ālīs [ablative, plural], ālum [singular, vocative], āla [plural, vocative]
  1. garlic Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-alum-la-noun-QQJAhNLi Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 67 33
  2. species of comfrey plant Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-alum-la-noun-cVOLKRut Categories (other): Borage family plants Disambiguation of Borage family plants: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (garlic, species of comfrey plant): ālus
Disambiguation of 'garlic, species of comfrey plant': 46 54
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