noun.
A name in northern Africa for varieties of esparto-grass, Stipa tenacissima and S. arenaria, used in the manufacture of paper. Also written halfa.
noun.
A simplified spelling of alpha.
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noun.
A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
"Both drugs are the same product, epoetin alfa, which Amgen makes and markets as Epogen for kidney-failure patients on dialysis, and has licensed other uses to J & J, which sells it as Procrit."