Aloes
芦荟
芦荟
aloes n 1 :
a purgative made from the leaves of aloe [
synonym : {
aloes },
{
bitter aloes }]
aloes \
aloes \
n .
a purgative made from the leaves of aloe .
Same as {
aloe [
3 ]}.
Syn :
bitter aloes [
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
aloe \
al "
oe \ ([
a ^]
l "
n [-
o ]),
n .;
pl . {
Aloes } ([
a ^]
l "[=
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Bot .) [
capitalized ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
pl . (
Med .)
The inspissated juice of several species of aloe ,
used as a purgative . [
Plural in form but syntactically singular .]
AS [
1913 Webster ]
{
American aloe }, {
Century aloe },
the agave .
See {
Agave }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Aloes (
Heb . '
ahalim ),
a fragrant wood (
Num .
24 :
6 ;
Ps .
45 :
8 ;
Prov .
7 :
17 ;
Cant .
4 :
14 ),
the Aquilaria agallochum of botanists ,
or ,
as some suppose ,
the costly gum or perfume extracted from the wood .
It is found in China ,
Siam ,
and Northern India ,
and grows to the height sometimes of 120 feet .
This species is of great rarity even in India .
There is another and more common species ,
called by Indians aghil ,
whence Europeans have given it the name of Lignum aquile ,
or eagle -
wood .
Aloewood was used by the Egyptians for embalming dead bodies .
Nicodemus brought it (
pounded aloe -
wood )
to embalm the body of Christ (
John 19 :
39 );
but whether this was the same as that mentioned elsewhere is uncertain .
The bitter aloes of the apothecary is the dried juice of the leaves Aloe vulgaris .
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