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Definition                                    Dried Juice
                                                          La

                                       Dried Juices

            are fluid plant saps being usually aqueous liquids
            containing dissolved substances and present in p
            in special structures.
            They occur either in cells (Aloes) and in cavities
            (Eucalyptus).

Difference                           Aloe ‫الصبر‬
origin
            is the solid residue obtained by evapo
shape       which drains from the cut leaves of A
            Aloe vera, Fam. Liliaceae

Color       dark brown or nearly black
Odor        characteristic and disagreeab
Taste
Fracture          very bitter
                   hard
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