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aloes (ăl`ōz), drug obtained from the aloe aloe [Gr.], any species of the genus Aloe, succulent perennials of the family Lilaceae (lily family), native chiefly to the warm dry areas of S Africa and also to tropical Africa, but cultivated elsewhere. The juice of aloe leaves contains the purgative aloin.
..... Click the link for more information. ; also a biblical name for an aromatic substance of various uses, mentioned in connection with myrrh and spices and thought to be the fragrant wood of the modern aloeswood (also called eaglewood, agalloch, or agilawood), an Aquilaria native to Asia. In the East the aloeswood has been valued for medicinal purposes, as an incense, and for the beautiful grain of its wood, which takes a high polish and was used for setting precious stones. The tree lignaloes mentioned in the Book of Numbers, sometimes thought to be the aloeswood, may have been a different plant. The aloe and the American aloe, or agave (see amaryllis amaryllis , common name for some members of the Amaryllidaceae, a family of mostly perennial plants with narrow, flat leaves and with lilylike flowers borne on separate, leafless stalks.
..... Click the link for more information. ), are not to be confused with the aloes of the Scriptures.

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No references found	The Mediterranean, the blue sea par excellence, "the great sea" of the Hebrews, "the sea" of the Greeks, the "mare nostrum" of the Romans, bordered by orange-trees, aloes, cacti, and sea-pines; embalmed with the perfume of the myrtle, surrounded by rude mountains, saturated with pure and transparent air, but incessantly worked by underground fires; a perfect battlefield in which Neptune and Pluto still dispute the empire of the world! 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context Behind his counter he was a superior being, calmly conscious of special knowledge and worth; outside he was a weak-kneed, purblind, motorman-cursed rambler, with ill-fitting clothes stained with chemicals and smelling of socotrine aloes and valerianate of ammonia. The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context Might there not be an irresistible desire to quaff a last, long, breathless draught of the cup of wormwood and aloes, with which nearly all her years of womanhood had been perpetually flavoured. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context	almost-perfect number almost-periodic function Almquist unit Almquist, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Karl Jonas Ludvig almshouse almucantar almug Alnaschar Alnaschar's daydream Alni Alloys alnico alnico magnet Alnilam alnoite Alnus Aloadae alod Alodium Aloe aloe lace Aloe Tree aloe vera aloe wood oil Aloeidae aloes Alogism aloha Aloha Festivals Aloha Net Aloha State Park Aloia Aloidae Alois Haba Alois Hába Alois Jirasek Alois Jirásek Alois Riegl Alois Riehl Alois Senefelder Alois Von Aehrenthal Alois Walde aloisite Alompra alongshore current Alonso Alonso Cano Alonso De Ojeda Alonso, Alicia Alonso, Dámaso Alonzo Church	aloe family Aloe ferox Aloe ferox aloe lace Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides Aloe perryi Aloe plant Aloe plant Aloe plant Aloe plant Aloe polyphylla Aloe spicata Aloe Tree Aloe vera Aloe vera Aloe vera Aloe vera Aloe Vera Benefits to Skin Aloe Vera Benefits to Skin Aloe Vera Benefits to Skin Aloe Vera Benefits to Skin Aloe vulgaris Aloe vulgaris Aloe vulgaris aloe wood oil aloe-emodin Aloeaceae Aloeidae aloes Aloes Wood Aloes Wood Aloes Wood Aloes Wood aloetic aloetic aloetic aloetic ALOF Alofi aloft aloft aloft ALOFTS ALOG ALOGE Alogi alogia alogia Alogian alogical alogically alogicalness alogism alogism Alogy ALOH aloha aloha aloha

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The Mediterranean, the blue sea par excellence, "the great sea" of the Hebrews, "the sea" of the Greeks, the "mare nostrum" of the Romans, bordered by orange-trees, aloes, cacti, and sea-pines; embalmed with the perfume of the myrtle, surrounded by rude mountains, saturated with pure and transparent air, but incessantly worked by underground fires; a perfect battlefield in which Neptune and Pluto still dispute the empire of the world!

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context

Behind his counter he was a superior being, calmly conscious of special knowledge and worth; outside he was a weak-kneed, purblind, motorman-cursed rambler, with ill-fitting clothes stained with chemicals and smelling of socotrine aloes and valerianate of ammonia.

The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context

Might there not be an irresistible desire to quaff a last, long, breathless draught of the cup of wormwood and aloes, with which nearly all her years of womanhood had been perpetually flavoured.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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