aloetic
- a word derived from aloe.
Example Sentences
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The terrier was bled, placed in a warm bath, and an aloetic ball, with calomel, administered.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
There the Hig, an aloetic plant with a point so hard and sharp that horses cannot cross ground where it grows, stood in bunches like the largest and stiffest of rushes.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Fertile soils and spontaneous vegetation, reeking with miasma and overpowering from their odour, we had exchanged for a drouthy wilderness of aloetic and cactaceous plants, where the kolquall and several thorn bushes grew paramount.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
Continued diarrhœa and the action of strong purgative medicines, particularly the aloetic, are dangerous.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
The seton, however, was continued, with an aloetic ball on every third or fourth day.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
