Aloe Definition
ălō
aloes
noun
Any of a large genus (Aloe) of plants of the lily family, native to Africa, with fleshy leaves that are spiny along the edge and with drooping clusters of tubular, red or yellow flowers.
Webster's New World
A laxative drug obtained from the processed juice of certain species of aloe.
American Heritage
A bitter, laxative drug made from the juice of certain aloe leaves.
Webster's New World
The aromatic heartwood of several trees of a genus (Aquilaria) of the mezereum family, native to the East Indies and Southeast Asia.
Webster's New World
Any of various chiefly African plants of the genus Aloe, having rosettes of succulent, often spiny-margined leaves and long stalks bearing yellow, orange, or red tubular flowers.
American Heritage Medicine
pronoun
Origin of Aloe
Middle English from Old English aluwe from Latin aloē from Greek Sense 3b, ultimately from Late Greek aloē aloe, aloeswood from confusion of Greek aloē aloe with Greek agalokhon aloeswood influenced by Hebrew ’ahālôt an aromatic, probably aloeswood
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old English alwe (“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη (aloē, “aloes”), from Hebrew אֲהָלִים, ultimately from a Dravidian language; reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.
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