lign-aloesn.
/lʌɪnˈaləʊz/ (a) The bitter drug aloes; = aloe n. 3a. (b) Aloes-wood; = aloe n. 1. (c) [= Spanish linaloe.] An aromatic wood obtained from a Mexican tree of the genus Bursera.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived
scammonyc1000
lign-aloesc1374
hiera picra1379
rhubarbc1390
aloea1398
cassia fistulaa1398
coloquintidaa1398
senec1400
turpethc1400
coloquintc1420
diagrydium1436
lignum aloes1525
rhabarbarum1533
xylaloes1540
manna1541
scilla1548
hyera?1550
emblic1555
diasenna1562
colocynth1565
tragonce1575
pinyon1577
mechoacan1587
lignum aquilae1600
gamboge1615
dragon-root1621
helleborism1621
diaprune1625
alhandal1630
makinboy1652
luskard1653
diagrydiate1657
physic nut1657
aloetic1661
scammoniate1665
jalap1675
aloedary1683
coloquinto1683
Briançon manna1688
liquorice powder1712
coloquintid1732
castor oil1746
senna-tea1752
higry pigry1773
Turkey rhubarb1789
argel1803
hickery-pickery1816
cathartin1823
aloin1828
croton oil1829
jalapin1832
syrmaea1833
bryonin1836
gambogic acid1837
Podophyllum1844
podophyllin1851
geropiga1852
hicra picra1857
Montpellier turpeth1860
picra1860
tallicoona oil1866
scammonin1868
pharbitisin1873
cascara sagrada1879
senna-draught1879
tambor-oil1890
syrup of figs1897
pharbitin1899
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > plants and extracts used for > gums and resins
myrrheOE
aloesOE
lignum aloes1525
lign-aloes1577
lignum aquilae1600
opopanax1867
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > trees or shrubs > other trees or shrubs
lignum aloesc1400
lign-aloes1611
Arabian jasmine1682
ylang-ylang1876
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > plants and extracts used for > woods and barks
sandalwood?c1510
exilila1517
sandal1526
Aspalathus1601
Jew frankincense1678
malambo1816
lign-aloes1859
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1109 (1137) The woful teris..As bittre weren..as is ligne Aloes or galle.
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 84v Makyng a Pomander of it, mingled with Muske, Lignaloe, it doeth comfort the braines.
1611 Bible (King James) Num. xxiv. 6 The trees of Lign-Aloes which the Lord hath planted. View more context for this quotation
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Lign-Aloes, the Wood of Aloes, a Drug of great Price.
1859 W. J. Hooker in J. F. W. Herschel Man. Sci. Enq. (Lords Commissioners Admiralty) (ed. 3) 428 Lignaloe.—The name of a remarkably aromatic wood sent to the Paris Exhibition of 1855, from the department of Vera Cruz in Mexico.
1867 J. Ingelow Story of Doom i. 18 Where the dew distilled All night from leaves of old lign aloe trees.
1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. Suppl. Linaloa, A Mexican wood [etc.].
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