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bitter aloes

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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.
bitter aloes  
pl.n.   (used with a sing. verb)
See aloe.
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