aloes
Britishnoun
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Also called: aloes wood. another name for eaglewood
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a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
Example Sentences
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Succulents such as aloes and agaves have waxy cuticles with sunken stomata, helping to reduce water loss.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022
If you’re scared of killing your very first plant purchase, aloes are great, hardy plants for beginners.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2018
We caught one doctor from Japan who specialized in dwarf aloes, poaching them in the Western Cape Province, and another doctor from Germany who was a world expert in orchids.
From National Geographic • Nov. 11, 2015
There, people “cast their nets outspread into the river, at night; and when morning comes, they find in their nets such goods as .., ginger, rhubarb, wood of aloes, and cinnamon.”
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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