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Definition of: aloe
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(al′ō) noun plural ·oes
1. Any member of a genus (Aloe) of Old World plants of the lily family, some species of which furnish a drug, and others valuable fiber.
2. plural (construed as singular) A bitter cathartic obtained from the juice of certain species of aloe.
3. plural (construed as singular) Agalloch. [OE aluwe <L aloe <Gk. aloē]
—al·o·et·ic (al′ō뀇et′ik) adjective
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