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# aloes

«aloes» in Mova's school dictionary: **a plant with thick, spiky leaves** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (aloes; singular aloe)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Aloes is a plant with thick, spiky leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloes/#m1)

2) In old tales, «aloes wood» is a sweet-smelling wood, burned or used for perfume. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloes/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, costly sweet-smelling goods brought as treasure or used to scent a room

### examples

- The room was scented with aloes and ambergris. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloes/#x1)
- The merchant brought aloes wood and camphor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloes/#x2)
- The gardener planted aloes by the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloes/#x3)
- Aloe leaves can feel cool and sticky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloes/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.749/)
- [I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.193/)
- [Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.60/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aloes» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloes/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.