Crossword-Solution: ALBUGO
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Albugo | n. | Same as Leucoma. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “ALBUGO”
| Clue | Answers |
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| fungi causing white rusts | 1 answer |
| opacity of the cornea | 1 answer |
| type genus of the Albuginaceae | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Etym: [See Albugo.] Defn: Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.
This article is not mentioned by Dioscorides, Pliny, Galen, Oribasius, nor, we believe, by any of the Arabian writers, with the exception of Avicenna, who calls it abstergent and cleansing, and recommends it for clearing away albugo of the eye, and for cleaning the nails; he adds of it that it is useful in jaundice and pungent pain of the belly.
Dioscorides, by the way, mentions that the veterinarians used the horned poppy for removing the albugo and nebulæ on the eyes of cattle.
Avicenna further recommends it as a dentifrice, and as an application to remove albugo of the eye, in which case, he adds, the burnt is most efficacious.