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English
Etymology
From xyl- + aloe.
Noun
xylaloe (plural xylaloes)
- (obsolete, very rare) Synonym of agalloch (“aromatic, resinous wood”)
1824, Thomas Mason Harris, The Natural History of the Bible:The same difficulty may be brought against the opinion of those who are for rendering ahalim, by the wood of aloe, called agalloch or xylaloe.