alba

noun4

1. •
   A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
2. •
   A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
3. •
   A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
4. •
   Synonym of alb.

   • Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder. — 1932