aloes

al·oe  (l)

n.

1. Any of various chiefly African plants of the genus Aloe, having rosettes of succulent, often spiny-margined leaves and long stalks bearing yellow, orange, or red tubular flowers.

2. See aloe vera.

3. aloes (used with a sing. verb) A laxative drug obtained from the processed juice of a certain species of aloe. Also called bitter aloes.

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[Middle English, from Old English aluwe, from Latin alo, from Greek.]

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alo·etic (l-tk) adj.

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aloes [ˈæləʊz]

n (functioning as singular)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Also called aloes wood another name for eaglewood

(Medicine / Pharmacology)

bitter aloes a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe

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Noun

1.

aloes - a purgative made from the leaves of aloe bitter aloes aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative - a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels