英语词汇“aloetic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

aloetic

释义

aloe /alˈō/

noun

Any member of a mainly S African genus Aloe, consisting mostly of trees and shrubs of the family Aloeaceae, extended to the so-called American aloe (see agave), also (often in pl) to aloes-wood or its resin
(usu in pl form but treated as sing; also bitter aloes) a bitter purgative drug, condensed from the juice of the leaves of various species of Aloe

ORIGIN: Directly and through OE aluwan, alewan (pl), from L aloē, from Gr aloē; the application to eaglewood comes from the Septuagint translation of Heb ahālīm, ahālōth agalloch

aloed /alˈōd/ adjective

Planted, shaded, mixed or flavoured with aloes

aloetˈic /-ō-etˈik/ noun

A medicine containing a great proportion of aloes

adjective

Of or relating to aloes

alˈoes-wood noun

The heartwood of eaglewood

aloe vera /verˈa or vēˈra/ noun

(also with caps) a species of aloe plant or esp the juice of its leaves (thought to have healing and other qualities) used in cosmetics, etc

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