Толковый словарь английского языка - aloe
Aloe
aloe
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, dried juice of ~ leaves, from Greek aloē Date: before 12th century the fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Aquilaria agallocha) of the mezereon family, 2. any of a large genus (Aloe) of succulent chiefly southern African plants of the lily family with basal leaves and spicate flowers, the dried juice of the leaves of various ~s used especially formerly as a purgative, ~ vera
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n. 1 any plant of the genus Aloe, usu. having toothed fleshy leaves. 2 (in pl.) (in full bitter aloes) a strong laxative obtained from the bitter juice of various species of aloe. 3 (also American aloe) an agave native to Central America. Etymology: OE al(e)we f. L aloe f. Gk ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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