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1. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
   "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"
    
2. A wing of an insect

1. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
   - Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL

Derived forms: alae

Type of: American state, appendage, outgrowth, process, South, Southern United States, wing

Part of: America, Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Deep South, Dixie, Dixieland, Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf States, insect, South, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Ala, Italy