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aloes

/ ˈæləʊz /

noun

  1. Also called: aloes woodanother name for eaglewood

  2. a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A passenger drop-off point on the eastern side features a traffic island full of Seussian tree aloes surrounded by an arrangement of charcoal-colored slate that resembles the scales of a Mesozoic beast.

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I’m more of a nickname girl, so I have my buttons and my beans, of course, and my string of pearls, string of buttons, echeverias and different types of aloes.

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I’m more of a nickname girl, so I have my buttons and my beans, of course, and my string of pearls, string of buttons, Echeverias and different types of aloes.

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How about a window box filled with succulents like aloes and echeverias, or edibles like herbs and nasturtiums, or even carnivorous varieties like Venus fly traps and pitcher plants?

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Currently in bloom: flowering peach and apricot trees in the Chinese Garden, aloes in the Desert Garden, and camellias in the North Vista and Japanese Garden.

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