{"def":{"short":"aloes (the gum)","long":["aloe, aloes"]},"deriv":"of foreign origin (compare G0174)","pronun":{"ipa":"ɑˈlo.e","ipa_mod":"ɑˈlow.e̞","sbl":"aloē","dic":"ah-LOH-ay","dic_mod":"ah-LOH-ay"},"see":["G0174"],"comment":"The name of an aromatic tree which grows in eastern India and Cochin China, and whose soft and bitter wood Middle Easterners used in fumigation and in embalming the dead. The tree grows to a height of 120 feet (40 m) and a girth of 12 feet (4 m)."}