an earthenware jar used to contain drugs, originating in the Middle East
albarello in American English
(ˌælbəˈrelou)
nounWord forms: plural-rellos or -relli (-ˈreli)
a majolica jar of the 15th and 16th centuries, cylindrical with a waist slightly narrower than the ends, used in Spain and Italy for keeping dry drugs
Word origin
[1870–75; ‹ It, prob. dim. of albero poplar ‹‹ L albus white]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, asymmetric, immobilize, linkage, onshore