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ALOE

\ˈalə͡ʊ], \ˈalə‍ʊ], \ˈa_l_əʊ]\

Definitions of ALOE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The wood of the agalloch.
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.
The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The wood of the agalloch.
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.
The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A plant genus of the family Aloeaceae, order Liliales (or Asphodelaceae, Asparagales in APG system) which is used medicinally. It contains anthraquinone glycosides such as aloin-emodin or aloe-emodin (EMODIN).

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The common name for a number of plants of the lily family, having a medicinal juice.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A genus of plants of the natural order Liliaceoe.
The inspissated juice from the leaves of Aloe vera, A. chinensis, A. perryi, or other species of aloe.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Inspissated juice of the aloe.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A genus of plants with juicy leaves yielding the gum called aloes.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A genus of succulent plants, all natives of warm climates, and most of them of the south of Africa.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Name of a bitter plant used in medicine.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Aloes-a. Palse, Agave Virginica.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Genus of plants which afford aloes.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A genus of plants of the natural order Liliaceae.
The inspissated juice of the leaves of Aloe vera, A. chinensis, A. Perryi or other species of aloe. [U. S. Ph.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] A genus of herbaceous plants, from which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts; - the inspissated juice of aloe, used as purgative.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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