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Is aloes the same things as agave?

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The tree lignaloes mentioned in the Book of Numbers, sometimes thought to be the aloeswood, may have been a different plant. The aloe and the American aloe, or agave (see amaryllis ), are not to be confused with the aloes of the Scriptures.

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