| 单词 | aloe tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaloe tree aloe tree n. (a) any tree from which aloe wood is obtained; cf. sense 1 (now historical and rare); (b) = sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > aloe plants aloeeOE sea ay-green1551 sea-houseleek1597 aloe tree1640 tongue aloe1731 partridge-breast1811 partridge-breasted aloe1858 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xvii. i. 1564 Agallochum..or the wood of the Aloe tree, is a drogue rare to be had, and of much worth. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 108 The Aloe-trees (for so I may well call them for the Greatness and Highth of their Stalks. 1769 J. Cook Remarks Passage River Balise to Merida 33 They..sleep all in their grass hammocks, as they are called, though they are made of the thready fibres of the leaves from the aloe-tree. 1855 Guardian May 154 The aloe tree is very fragrant, though it is bitter to the taste. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. v. 43 Part of its [sc. a river's] course lay through a tangled thicket or jungle of aloe-trees, whose sharp thorns tore our clothes, and wounded me so that I was covered in blood. 1908 J. Hastings et al. Dict. Bible I. 69/2 The aloe tree might have been equally well known by reputation, although unfamiliar both to Balaam and the Israelites personally. 2005 A. Joyce Gardenwalks Calif. 194 Here are handsome aloe trees and a congregation of barrel-type cactus plants. < as lemmas |
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