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Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.

A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

See Garnet.

rson. Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]

des to a recent transaction. These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. Hooker.

An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

The common red variety of garnet.

on. Altern base (Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base.

A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.

Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness. [Recent] J. S. Mill.

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to Ant: egoistic or Ant: selfish. Bain. -- Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly, adv.

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.…

argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey.

ompound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an acid atom or radical. Acid amide, a neutral compound formed by the substitution of the amido group for hydroxyl in an acid.

A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido.

In the middle of a ship, with regard to her length, and sometimes also her breadth. Totten.

n the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. "This fair tree amidst the garden." "Unseen amid the throng." "Amidst thick clouds." Milton. "Amidst acclamations." "Amidst the splendor and festivity of a court." Macaulay. But rather famish them amid their plenty. Shak.

e excitement; that which amuses; diversion. His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening. Macaulay.

roxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.