A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.

synonym: bitter aloes.

Roget 395: unsavoriness etc. adj.; amaritude^†; acrimony, acridity (bitterness) 392.2; roughness etc. (sour) 397; acerbity, austerity; gall and wormwood, rue, quassia^†, aloes; marah^†; sickener^†.    ... show more