[xiloaloe] (s.xiii2/4)
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[xiloaloe] (s.xiii2/4)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  aloe *24,345b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  aloe 2 (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  xylaloes n.  MED:  xiloaloes n.  DMLBS:  xyloaloes 3743c
xilioaloe  
ls(loanword: Latin Greek )
le

The word is a synonym for lignum aloes (see lignum), using ξύλον, the Greek word for ‘wood’, instead of Latin lignum.

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1bot.lign-aloes, aromatic wood of the aloe tree: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Et li face l'en fumigacions desouz de choses aromatiques come de ladano, de storace, xilio aloe, de mirre et de semblables choses  i 244
aloe#1  
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