american aloe

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american aloe - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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.
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     3. pl. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of
        aloe, used as a purgative. [Plural in form but
        syntactically singular.] AS
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     American aloe, Century aloe, the agave. See Agave.
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american aloe - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  American aloe
      n 1: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous
           sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some
           cultivated for ornament or for fiber [syn: agave,
           century plant, American aloe]