Definition of Aloe ferox

1. Noun. Much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves.

Exact synonyms: Cape Aloe
Generic synonyms: Aloe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aloe Ferox

Alnilam
Alnitak
Alnus
Alnus crispa
Alnus glutinosa
Alnus incana
Alnus maritima
Alnus rhombifolia
Alnus rubra
Alnus rugosa
Alnus serrulata
Alnus veridis
Alnus veridis crispa
Alnus vulgaris
Alocasia macrorrhiza
Aloe ferox (current term)
Aloe vera
Aloeaceae
Alogian
Alogians
Aloha State
Alois Senefelder
Alonso
Alonzo
Alopecurus
Alopecurus pratensis
Alopex
Alopex lagopus
Alopiidae
Alopius

Literary usage of Aloe ferox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1818)
"( ) Aloe ferox. GREAT HEDGE-HOG ALOE. *** ********+*•*++# Class and Order. ... Specific Character and Synonyms. m ALOE ferox; caule arborescente ..."

2. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by Hiram V. Sweringen (1882)
"... ALOE SPICATA, ALOE VULGARIS. ALOE AFRICANA, ALOE BETHELSDORP. Aloe ferox, ALOE PLICATILIS, ALOE SPICATA. Species of the genus Aloe. ..."

3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1857)
"And of the " Cape Aloes," under Aloe ferox ... The Aloe ferox, Linn., a native of Swellendam, is generally acknowledged to yield the best extract. ..."

4. American Druggist (1891)
"Since the authorities at Kew believe that Mr. JM Wood, who reported Aloe ferox to be the source of this kind of aloes, has correctly identified the plant, ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1892)
"Cape aloes has hitherto been supposed to be derived from Aloe ferox, all authorities agreeing ... contained a notice that aloes, collected from Aloe ferox, ..."

6. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1870)
"8 u. 303 und „in Bonpl. VIL pag. 92. C. Koch 1. с. „pag. 46. Munt. Phyt. cnr. fol. 314 t. ,95. Aloe ferox? Hernán. Lib. VIH. „. ..."

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