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aloes

aloes

9.3
A bitter juice from aloe leaves that makes people have a bowel movement
  • noun
  • /ˈeɪloʊz/
  • Archaic
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  • In traditional medicine, aloes were often used as a natural remedy for digestive issues.

I'm about to blow your mind and your fucking: Aloe pills.

Examples

  • She found that taking aloes helped to cleanse her system effectively.

  • This bitter aloe was used when a woman wanted her kid to stop nursing.

  • The doctor recommended a small dose of aloes to relieve her constipation.

Synonyms

bitter aloes
vsaloes
1 9.9

A strong plant medicine that makes you go to the toilet to empty your bowels

is made from fresh leaf juice rather than dried

Compounds

bitter aloes
1 9.9

A strong plant medicine that makes you go to the toilet to empty your bowels

Surface Forms

aloe singular
aloes plural

Morphology

aloes = aloe (transparent) = aloe + s

Regular plural formation with -s; the meaning is directly the plural of the base noun 'aloe'.

Etymology

The word aloes comes from the old word aloe, from the Greek alōē meaning 'bitter', and it named the bitter juice of the aloe plant that people used as a medicine to relieve constipation, that is, to help people go to the toilet.