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Webster 1913 Edition

aloe

al′oe

(ăl′nō̍)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Aloes
(ăl′ōz)
.
[L.
aloë
, Gr.
ἀλόη
, aloe: cf. OF.
aloe
, F.
aloès
.]
1.
pl.
The wood of the agalloch.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
2.
(Bot.)
[capitalized]
A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.
3.
pl.
(Med.)
The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
[Plural in form but syntactically singular.]
AS
American aloe
,
Century aloe
,
the agave. See
Agave
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aloe

AL'OE

,
Noun.
al'o,
plu.
aloes, pronounced aloze, and popularly al'oez, in three syllables, according to the Latin. [L. aloe; Gr; Heb. plu aloe trees.]
In botany, a genus of monogynian hexanders, of many species; all natives of warm climates, and most of them, of the southern part of Africa.
Among the Mohammedans, the aloe is a symbolic plant, especially in Egypt; and every one who returns from a pilgrimage to Mecca, hangs it over his street door, as a token that he has performed the journey.
In Africa, the leaves of the Guinea aloe are made into durable ropes. Of one species are made fishing lines, bow strings, stockings and hammocs. The leaves of another species hole rain water.

Definition 2024

Aloe

Aloe

See also: aloe, áloe, aloé, aloè, aloë, and Aloë

Translingual

Aloe polyphylla

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Aloe f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthorrhoeaceae – flowering succulent plants including Aloe vera.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

aloe

aloe

See also: Aloe, áloe, aloé, aloè, aloë, and Aloë

English

Aloe striatula (2)

Noun

aloe ‎(plural aloes)

  1. (in the plural) The resins of the trees Aquilaria agallocha and Aquilaria malaccensis, known for their fragrant aroma.
  2. A plant of the genus Aloe.
  3. A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.

Usage notes

  • Often used in plural (originally under influence of Old French).

Derived terms

Translations

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Italian

Noun

aloe m, f ‎(invariable)

  1. aloe (plant)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλόη ‎(alóē, “aloes”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.lo.eː/, [ˈa.ɫɔ.eː]

Noun

aloē f ‎(genitive aloēs); first declension

  1. The aloe.
  2. The bitter juice produced by the aloe used as a perfume, in medicine and in embalming.
  3. (figuratively) Bitterness (in general).

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
nominative aloē aloae
genitive aloēs aloārum
dative aloae aloīs
accusative aloēn aloās
ablative aloē aloīs
vocative aloē aloae

Descendants

References


Middle French

Etymology

Old French aloe.

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

  1. lark (bird)

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (aloe)

Old French

Noun

aloe f ‎(oblique plural aloes, nominative singular aloe, nominative plural aloes)

  1. lark (bird)

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (aloe)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

aloe f (plural aloes)

  1. aloe (plant of the genus Aloe)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French aloès and Latin aloē.

Noun

aloe f ‎(plural aloe)

  1. aloe
  2. a substance extracted from the aloe plant

Declension

Samoan

Etymology

From English aloe.

Noun

aloe

  1. aloe

Spanish

Noun

aloe m ‎(plural aloes)

  1. Alternative form of áloe

Etymology

From Old English alwe ‎(“fragrant resin of an East Indian tree”), from Latin aloē, from Ancient Greek ἀλόη ‎(alóē, “aloes”), from Hebrew אֲהָלִים, ultimately from a Dravidian language; reinforced in Middle English by Old French aloes.

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