English Explanatory Dictionary

lign-aloes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. agalloch, aloes
  2. agarwood, trees of the genus Aquilaria, especially the species Aquilaria malaccensis

Word forms

lign-aloes lignaloe lign aloe ligne aloes linaloa linaloe

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English, from Middle French lignalöé, from Latin lignum + aloes. Compare lign-. The -s originates in the Latin genitive case, but it seems to have been reinterpreted as an English plural form.

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