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

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

Aloes Wood :: Aloes wood () See Agalloch.

Nataloin :: Nataloin (n.) A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon.

Lign-aloes :: Lign-aloes (n.) Aloes wood, or agallochum. See Agallochum..

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

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..

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..

Rosemaloes :: Rosemaloes (n.) The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.

Agallochum :: Agallochum (n.) A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species..

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

Aloin :: Aloin (n.) A bitter purgative principle in aloes.

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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