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al⋅oe

  [al-oh]
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–noun, plural -oes.
1. any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
2. aloe vera.
3. century plant.
4. aloes, (used with a singular verb) agalloch.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME alōe, alow, alewen; OE al(u)we, alewe (cf. OS, OHG āloê) < L aloē < Gk alóē, perh. < South Asia via Heb

Related forms:
al⋅o⋅et⋅ic  [al-oh-et-ik] , adjective
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al·oe   (āl'ō)   
n.  
  1. 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.
  2. See aloe vera.
  3. aloes (used with a sing. verb) A laxative drug obtained from the processed juice of a certain species of aloe. Also called bitter aloes.

[Middle English, from Old English aluwe, from Latin aloē, from Greek.]
al'o·et'ic (āl'ō-ět'ĭk) adj.
aloe ver·a   (věr'ə, vîr'ə)   
n.   In both senses also called aloe.
  1. A species of aloe (Aloe vera) native to the Mediterranean region.
  2. The mucilaginous juice or gel obtained from the leaves of this plant, widely used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations for its soothing and healing properties.

[Latin aloē, aloe plant + vēra, feminine of vērus, true.]
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Aloe

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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aloe 
O.E. aluwan (pl.) "fragrant resin of an E. Indian tree," a Biblical usage, from L. aloe, from Gk. aloe, translating Heb. ahalim (pl., perhaps ult. from a Dravidian language). The Gk. word probably was chosen for resemblance of sound to the Heb., since the Gk. and L. words originally referred to a genus of plants with bitter juice, used as a purgative drug, a sense which appeared in Eng. 1398. The word was then mis-applied to the American agave plant in 1682.
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Main Entry: al·oe
Pronunciation: 'al-(")O
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a large genus of succulent chiefly southern African plantsof the lily family with basal leaves and spicate flowers
2 : a plant of the genus Aloe
3 : the dried juice of the leaves of various aloes usedespecially formerly as a purgative and tonic —usually used in plural but sing. in constr.
4 : ALOE VERA2
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aloe al·oe (āl'ō)
n.

  1. 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.
  2. Aloe vera.
  3. Any of various laxative drugs obtained from the processed juice of a certain species of aloe.

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aloe

plant of the family agave (Agavaceae), and its fibre, belonging to the leaf fibre (q.v.) group. Despite its name, it is not a true hemp.

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