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noun - a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
noun - succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers
adj - an African plant [n -S] : ALOETIC
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a succulent plant with a rosette of thick tapering leaves and bell-shaped or tubular flowers on long stems, native to the Old World. |
a purgative made from the leaves of aloe |
Plural form of aloe. |
The resin of the trees Aquilaria agallocha or Aquilaria malaccensis, known for their fragrant odour. |
A succulent plant with a rosette of thick tapering leaves and bell-shaped or tubular flowers on long stems, native to the Old World. |
The fragrant heartwood of a tropical Asian tree. |
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Agarwood, aloeswood or gharuwood is a fragrant dark resinous wood used in incense, perfume, and small carvings. It is formed in the heartwood of aquilaria trees when they become infected with a type of mould (Phialophora parasitica). Prior to infection, the heartwood is odourless, relatively light and pale coloured; however, as the infection progresses, the tree produces a dark aromatic resin, called aloes or agar (as well as gaharu, jinko, oud, or oodh; not to be confused with bukhoor), in response to the attack, which results in a very dense, dark, resin embedded heartwood. The resin embedded wood is valued in many cultures for its distinctive fragrance, and thus is used for incense and perfumes. The aromatic qualities of agarwood are influenced by the species, geographic location, its branch, trunk and root origin, length of time since infection, and methods of harvesting and processing * One of the main reasons for the relative rarity and high cost of agarwood is the depletion of |