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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aloe
n : succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with
hemp-like fiber and spikes of showy flowers; chiefly
Africa
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
ALOE
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