The tree is called the alamo, or elm, the leaves of which, with those of the ramon, form in that country the principal fodder for horses.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
It would have been the greatest satisfaction to all of them had he chosen to make Camp Jackson a Thermopylae or an alamo.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy
It was the dogged American spirit that prevailed at the alamo.
"The Border Boys Across the Frontier"
Fremont B. Deering