a 1 l 1 b 3 a 1
4 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originFirst attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba).
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