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aloes en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæ.ləʊz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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  • /ˈæ.loʊz/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for its fragrant odour.
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of aloe
    form of aloe
  3. The wood of the agalloch.
    • A closid gardin, my sister spouse ; a closid gardyn, a welle selid. Thin outsendingus paradis of poungarnetes, with the frutis of appilis, of cipre tre, with narde ; and narde, and safrun, fistula, and canel, with alle the trees of Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the firste oynemens. c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Song of Solomon IV:12-14, page 78, column 1:

Deriveds

aloeswood · caballine aloes · aloesin · lign-aloes