The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alabastrum
Alabastrum \Al`a*bas"trum\, n.; pl. Alabastra. [NL.] (Bot.)
A flower bud.
--Gray.
Wiktionary
alabastrum
n. 1 An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil. 2 (context botany English) A flower bud.
Usage examples of "alabastrum".
Where, a second earlier, there had been a squad of InfiniDim Enterprises executives with a rocket launcher standing on an elegant terraced plaza paved with large slabs of lustrous stone cut from the ancient alabastrum quarries of Zentalquabula there was now, instead, a bit of a pit with nasty bits in it.