ala
- n 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 - n a wing of an insect
alabama
- n a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
- n a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama
- n a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery; flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River
- n the Muskhogean language of the Alabama
alabama lip fern
- n southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica