SOLARIA

Noun

solaria

plural of solarium

Anagrams

• Ariolas, rosalia

Source: Wiktionary


SOLARIUM

So*la"ri*um, n.; pl. Solaria. Etym: [L. See Solar, n.]

1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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