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American aloe
(gcide) | aloe \al"oe\ ([a^]l"n[-o]), n.; pl. Aloes ([a^]l"[=o]z). [L.
alo["e], Gr. 'alo`h, aloe: cf. OF. aloe, F. alo[`e]s.]
1. pl. The wood of the agalloch. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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2. (Bot.) [capitalized] 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.
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3. pl. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of
aloe, used as a purgative. [Plural in form but
syntactically singular.] AS
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American aloe, Century aloe, the agave. See Agave.
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american aloe
(wn) | American aloe
n 1: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous
sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some
cultivated for ornament or for fiber [syn: agave,
century plant, American aloe] |
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american aloe
(wn) | American aloe
n 1: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous
sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some
cultivated for ornament or for fiber [syn: agave,
century plant, American aloe] |
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