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Definition of Genus aloe

1. Noun. Large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Aloe

Literary usage of Genus aloe

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

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"each of these particulars the genus Aloe is no exception to the general rule. Many of the species are well known in cultivation, but all agree in having ..."

2. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1804)
"I. A new Arrangement of the genus aloe, with a chronological Sketch of the progressive ... HE genus Aloe is composed almost entirely of African plants, ..."

3. Medicines, their uses and mode of administration by John Moore Neligan (1864)
"The species of the genus Aloe, from which the drug is ruined, are generally characterized by having woody stems, with large, fleshy, ..."

4. Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Horatio Charles Wood (1916)
"Aloes appears to have been first produced in the Island of Socotra as far back as the time of Alexander the Great, 333 BC Several species of the genus Aloe ..."

5. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1870)
"The genus Aloe, Linn., has a wide range in this country, its numerous species occurring in all rocky localities throughout the land ; wherever rocks arc ..."

6. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus aloe, Linn. 284. Aloe spicata, Linn, fil., Supplem. Plant., p. 205 (1781). Cape Aloe. Not previously figured. Description.—A shrub with an erect, ..."

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