1. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
   "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"
    
2. A wing of an insect
   "The butterfly's ala was damaged, affecting its flight"

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, wing

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

Encyclopedia: Ala, Kerala