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alum

alum, a plant, comfrey, symphytum officinale; a kind of garlic

alum (hal-), n., or alus, i, f., a plant.
  • I Comfrey: Symphytum officinale, Linn.; Plin. 27, 6, 24, § 41; 26, 7, 26, § 42; App. Herb. 59.—
  • II A kind of garlic, Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 116.

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