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Definition of Lignaloes
1. n. Aloes wood, or agallochum. See Agallochum.
Definition of Lignaloes
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lignaloes
Literary usage of Lignaloes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1897)
"We are to understand that lignaloes is the antique name for aloes-wood — a
vegetable product from which is prepared the drug known in medicine as aloes. ..."
2. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503: The Voyages of the Northmen by Julius E. Olson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"lignaloes is mentioned by Marco Polo as one of the principal commodities exchanged
in the market of Zaitun. It is also frequently mentioned in the Bible. ..."
3. The English Language and English Grammar: An Historical Study of the Sources by Samuel Ramsey (1892)
"First there is lignaloes, which I know only as a rendering of the Hebrew ...
The name lignaloes is the Latin lignum-aloes—wood of the aloe—slightly ..."
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