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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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..

Buffaloes :: Buffaloes (pl. ) of Buffal.

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

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

Picra :: Picra (n.) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic..

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

Synangia :: Synaloepha (n.) Same as Synalepha.

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..

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