n. a purgative made from the leaves of aloe. Same as aloe{ 3 }.
See Agalloch. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. The cattle of the Hebrides, or of the Highlands. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. ligne aloes, fr. L. lignum wood + aloe aloe. ]
n. [ G. löss. ] (Geol.) A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers. [ 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. pl. An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona. [ 1913 Webster ]