a. Forms: α. 5–7 cicotrine (7 cica-), 6 cycotryne. β. 8 succotorine, 8–9 succotrine, socotorine, soccotrine, 9– socotrine. [f. Socotra or Socotora, the name of an island in the Indian Ocean, close to Africa and Arabia. The early forms represent med.L. cic-, cycotrinus, whence also obs. F. cicotrin (Cotgr.).]
1. Socotrine aloes, a drug prepared from the juice of the Aloe socotrina (or perryi), and originally obtained from the island of Socotra.
α. a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc. 90. Medle puluis of aloes cicotrine, mirre, sanguis draconis.
1545. T. Raynald, Womans Booke, 131. The powder of aloes cycotrine.
1579. Langham, Gard. Health (1633), 19. Mixe powder of Aloes Cicatrine with iuice of Colworts.
1602. Dekker, Satiro-mastix, I ij b. Tis not like thy Aloe, Cicatrine tongue, bitter.
β. 1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., I. Succotrine Aloes, is the finest sort that comes from the Island Succotra [etc.].
1778. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2), I. 263/2. Socotorine aloes.
1799. Underwood, Dis. Child. (ed. 4), I. 57. I would rather advise a recourse to clysters … made of succotorine aloes.
1811. A. T. Thomson, Lond. Disp. (1818), 20. The real Socotrine aloes, which are now scarce in the market. Ibid. The real Socotrine extract has a peculiar … odour.
1831. Davies, Mat. Med., 356. The socotorine aloes is obtained by cutting the leaves at their base, and keeping them in a vase with the cut side downwards.
1871. A. B. Garrod, Mat. Med. (ed. 3), 339. Socotrine Aloes occurs in reddish-brown masses, opaque or translucent at the edges.
2. Socotrine aloe, the plant yielding the drug.
1778. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2), I. 262/2. The vera or socotorine aloe, hath long, narrow, succulent leaves.
1852. G. W. Johnson, Cottage Gard. Dict., 26/2.
