Aloe, aloes, pen. prod. f. gen sine plurali. Herba est amarissimi succi Plin. Also the iuice of an hearbe congealed like a gum: and is vsed commonly in purgatiue medicines, because it is comfortable to the stumacke.Aloes succotrina.The better kinde of Aloes like a liuer, redde, bright, and bruckle.Aloes Cabellina.The grosser kinde, vsed about horses and beastes.Lignum aloes.A sweete and precious wood comforting the stomacke, and making sweete breath.Aloidarium.A purgation made of Aloes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ălŏē, ēs, f. (n. in Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 14. 5; 1, 45, 5), = a)lo/h, the aloe, Plin. 27, 4, 5; used as a medicine, Cels 1, 3; 2, 12; as a perfume, Vulg. Prov. 7, 17; ib Cant. 4, 14; in embalming, ib. Joan. 19, 39.—On accouns of its bitterness, trop.: plus aloës quam mellis habet, Juv. 6, 180.