Meaning of ALOE
| Pronunciation: | | 'alow
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[n] succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa |
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ALOE is a 4 letter word that starts with A. |
| | See Also: | | Aloe ferox, Aloe vera, burn plant, cape aloe, genus Aloe, succulent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al"oe\ ([a^]l"n[-o]), n.; pl. {Aloes} (-[=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.
2. (Bot.) 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.
3. pl. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of
aloe, used as a purgative. [Plural in form but
syntactically singular.]
{American aloe}, {Century aloe}, the agave. See {Agave}.
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