aloes

/ ˈæləʊz /

noun

1. See eaglewood
   Also calledaloes wood another name for eaglewood
2. bitter aloes
   bitter aloes a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe

Example Sentences

The little cottage was shut in on one side by a hedge of aloes and prickly pear and on the other by high cliffs and precipices.

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Immediately around are sterile rocks, some many hundred feet high, some with aloes growing from the fissures.

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Aloes have the peculiarity that they are the emblems of the most intense bitterness and of the richest and most costly fragrance.

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In the Bible Aloes are mentioned five times, and always with reference to their excellence and costliness.

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It is the hepatic aloes of most continental writers, and said to be the of Dioscorides.

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