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Meaning of LIGN-ALOES

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lign`-al"oes\ (l[imac]n`[a^]l"[=o]z or
l[i^]g*n[a^]l"[=o]z), n. [OE. ligne aloes, fr. L. lignum wood
+ aloe aloe.]
1. Aloes wood, or agallochum. See {Agallochum}.
2. A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible. --Num. xxiv. 6.
 
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Easton Bible Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

(only in pl., Heb. 'ahalim), a perfume derived from some Oriental tree (Num. 24:6), probably the agallochum or aloe-wood. (See ALOES).

 
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