ALOE

genus of African plants, order Liliacoee, with a rosette of large juicy pointed spine-margined leaves, cultivated as ornamental plants. Preparations of the juice are used medicinally as a purgative and an emmenagogue Its principle is aloin (Cis His O 3H202) 4° 3’ B.); was center of hop trade; linen, silk, and cloth; bombarded and destroyed by Germans (1914). Pop. 36,160.