favella

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noun In certain florideous algæ, a cystocarp consisting of an irregular mass of spores formed externally, and covered by a gelatinous envelop.

noun (Bot.) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algæ.

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While Lebanon might not be a village in central Africa, the slums of India, or a favella in Brazil, there are urgent needs here.

Month Five, what am I still doing here? Khalil 2009
While Lebanon might not be a village in central Africa, the slums of India, or a favella in Brazil, there are urgent needs here.

Archive 2009-09-01 Khalil 2009
Intrepid M Dame Judi Dench ignoring safety advice and heading straight for the barrio, favella, off piste, whatever.

Dale's Diary Envy: LOL Fact Check Service 2008
Intrepid M Dame Judi Dench ignoring safety advice and heading straight for the barrio, favella, off piste, whatever.

Archive 2008-05-25 2008
Is the Council determined to make every part of this Borough resemble a favella?

The Budget Meeting 2007
CLANCY (voice-over): This favella (ph) fares better than most.

CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2006 2006
Leaving Caracas the road winds through a favella, slums, ranchos or whatever you may want to call them.

Trekking down from Caracas 2006
Leaving Caracas the road winds through a favella, slums, ranchos or whatever you may want to call them.

01/22/2006 - 01/29/2006 2006
Napolitana all 'Italiana favella, ed adornato di bellissime Figure.

Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane
[FN#548] Burton's book, Etruscan Bologna, has a chapter on the contadinesca favella Bolognese, pp. 242-262.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906