Aloe

['ælo]

Definition

(noun.) succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa.

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Definition

(n.) The wood of the agalloch.

(n.) A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.

(n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.

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Definition

n. a genus of plants of considerable medicinal importance of the 200 species of which as many as 170 are indigenous to the Cape Colony.—The so-called American Aloe is a totally different plant (see Agave).—adj. Al′oed planted or shaded with aloes.—The Aloes wood of the Bible was the heart-wood of Aquilaria ovata and Aquilaria Agallochum large spreading trees. The wood contains a dark-coloured fragrant resinous substance much prized for the odour it diffuses in burning.

Edited by Julius