aloe

al·oe  (l)

n.

1. Any of various chiefly African plants of the genus Aloe, having rosettes of succulent, often spiny-margined leaves and long stalks bearing yellow, orange, or red tubular flowers.

2. See aloe vera.

3. aloes (used with a sing. verb) A laxative drug obtained from the processed juice of a certain species of aloe. Also called bitter aloes.

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[Middle English, from Old English aluwe, from Latin alo, from Greek.]

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alo·etic (l-tk) adj.

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aloe

Noun

1. a plant with fleshy spiny leaves

2. aloes a bitter drug made from aloe leaves [Greek]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

aloe - succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa genus Aloe - large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae Aloe ferox, cape aloe - much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves Aloe vera, burn plant - very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice; leaves develop spiny margins with maturity; native to Mediterranean region; grown widely in tropics and as houseplants succulent - a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs