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Haloed :: Haloed (imp. & p. p.) of Hal.

Aloe :: Aloe (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative..

Lign-aloes :: Lign-aloes (n.) A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible.

Flax-plant :: Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth..

Caballine :: Caballine (n.) Caballine aloes.

Haloed :: Haloed (a.) Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.

Aloes :: Aloes (pl. ) of Alo.

Aloes Wood :: Aloes wood () See Agalloch.

Calambour :: Calambour (n.) A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers..

Orcin :: Orcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein..

Aloetic :: Aloetic (n.) A medicine containing chiefly aloes.

Aloetic :: Aloetic (a.) Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.

Hierapicra :: Hierapicra (n.) A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark..

Water Aloe :: Water aloe () See Water soldier.

Aloe :: Aloe (n.) The wood of the agalloch.

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes..

Buffaloes :: Buffaloes (pl. ) of Buffal.

Sisal Hemp :: Sisal hemp () The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp..

Agave :: Agave (n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses..

Aloe :: Aloe (n.) 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..

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