n.; pl. Aloes [ L. aloë, Gr. 'alo`h, aloe: cf. OF. aloe, F. aloès. ] 1. pl. The wood of the agalloch. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) [ capitalized ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative. [ Plural in form but syntactically singular. ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

American aloe,
Century aloe, the agave. See Agave. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
Syn. -- family Aloeaceae, aloe family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a purgative made from the leaves of aloe. Same as aloe{ 3 }.
Syn. -- bitter aloes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

See Agalloch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine containing chiefly aloes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. aloétique. ] Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some haloed face bending over me. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ligne aloes, fr. L. lignum wood + aloe aloe. ] 1. Aloes wood, or agallochum. See Agallochum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible. Num. xxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the native name; cf. Malay rasamāla the name of the tree. ] The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Same as Synalepha. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See Water soldier. [ 1913 Webster ]