Aloe /(ăl"nō̇)/

pl. Aloes ((ăl"ōz))

1. The wood of the agalloch. [Obs.]
2. A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries. (Bot.) [capitalized]
3. The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative. (Med.) [Plural in form but syntactically singular.]