Obs. [ad. L. aloēdārium, a. Gr. ἀλοηδάριον, f. ἀλόη aloe.]
1. Med. A purgative medicine, having aloes as a chief ingredient. (In mod. medical Dicts. aloedarium.)
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Aloedary … denotes a purgative medicine, wherein aloes is an ingredient.
2. Bot. A treatise on the genus Aloe.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., Munting has published an aloedary at the end of his history of the Herba Britannica.
