noun.
A celibate priest or ecclesiastic belonging to that variety of Buddhism known as Lamaism.
noun.
A genus of Camelidæ of South America, including the llama, vicugna, alpaca, and guanaco: now called Auchenia.
noun.
See llama.
noun.
In Samoa, the candlenut-tree (Alcurites Moluccana) or its nut. See kukui.
noun.
A rich material made in Spain in the fifteenth century, described as a cloth of silver shaded and watered.
noun.
A similar stuff of modern manufacture. See lama d'oro, below. Spanish Arts (S. K. Handbook).