album graecum

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin, literally, “Greek white”.

Noun

album graecum (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The dung of dogs or hyenas, turned white by exposure to air, formerly used in dressing leather and in medicine.

References

• “Album Græcum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.