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Definition of Cape aloe
1. Noun. Much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Aloe
Literary usage of Cape aloe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1804)
"Common prickly cape Aloe. The flowers are wholly purple in my Lord's (the Bishop of
... Common smooth cape aloe. The leaves edged and spotted with white; ..."
2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"cape aloe. Not previously figured. Description.—A shrub with an erect, cylindrical,
unbranched stem, reaching 3 or 4 feet in height, and clothed with the ..."
3. Every Man His Own Farrier: Containing Causes, Symptoms, and Most Approved by Francis Clater, John Clater (1845)
"The cape aloe is rather transparent, very brittle, easily powdered, and is of a
bright yellow colour; its smell is not so strong as the Barbadoes, ..."
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