| 释义 |
al·var
I. \ˈalˌvär, ˈäl-\ noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Tamil Ār̤vār, from ār̤- to sink, be immersed in meditation
: one of a group of southern Indian Vaishnava saints and devotional writers of the 7th to 9th centuries A.D.
II. \ˈȯlˌvär\ noun
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Etymology: Swedish ålvar
: the plant community consisting typically of mosses and calciphilous herbaceous plants that grows on steppelike shallow alkaline soils overlying Scandinavian limestones |