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ALAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alar mean?
• ALAR (noun)
The noun ALAR has 1 sense:
1. a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
Familiarity information: ALAR used as a noun is very rare.
• ALAR (adjective)
The adjective ALAR has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to the axil
2. having or resembling wings
Familiarity information: ALAR used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Alar; daminozide
Hypernyms ("Alar" is a kind of...):
chemical; chemical substance (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the axil
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
alar; axillary
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having or resembling wings
Synonyms:
alar; alary; aliform; wing-shaped
Similar:
winged (having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
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