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See Agalloch.
See Water soldier.
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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n.
A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon.
a.
Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
n.
A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark.
n.
Caballine aloes.
pl.
of Aloe
n.
The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
n.
The wood of the agalloch.
n.
A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible.
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.
n.
A bitter purgative principle in aloes.
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.
n.
A medicine containing chiefly aloes.
n.
Aloes wood, or agallochum. See Agallochum.
v. t.
Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
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.
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.
n.
The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
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