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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALEPPO BOIL; ALEPPO BUTTON; ALEPPO EVIL

ALEPPO BOIL; ALEPPO BUTTON; ALEPPO EVIL A *lep "po boil, button, or evil. (Med. )

 

Defn: A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

 

ALEPPO GRASS

ALEPPO GRASS Aleppo grass. (Bot. )

 

Defn: One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense ). See Andropogon, below.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Aleppo

A lep po |əˈlepō əˈlɛpoʊ | a city in northern Syria; pop. 1,693,800 (est. 2009 ).

 

Aleppo gall

A lep po gall noun a hard nutlike gall that forms on the Valonia oak (formerly known as the Aleppo oak ) in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp. It is used as a source of gallic acid and tannin. [The wasp is Cynips tinctoria, family Cynipidae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

Aleppo

Aleppo |aˈlɛpəʊ | a city in northern Syria; pop. 1,693,800 (est. 2009 ). Arabic name Halab.

 

Aleppo gall

Aleppo gall noun a hard nut-like gall that forms on the valonia oak (formerly known as the Aleppo oak ) in response to the developing larva of a gall wasp. It is used as a source of gallic acid and tannin. The wasp is Cynips tinctoria, family Cynipidae.

 

Duden Dictionary

Aleppokiefer

Alep po kie fer Substantiv, feminin , die |Al e ppokiefer |nach der syrischen Stadt Aleppo (im Mittelmeerraum heimische ) harzreiche Kiefer