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aloe

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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.

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

alo·etic (l-tk) adj.

aloe [ˈæləʊ]
n pl -oes
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any plant of the liliaceous genus Aloe, chiefly native to southern Africa, with fleshy spiny-toothed leaves and red or yellow flowers
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)
American aloe another name for century plant
[from Latin aloē, from Greek]
aloetic  [ˌæləʊˈɛtɪk] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aloe - succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowersaloe - 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
Translations
aloe [ˈæləʊ]
A. Naloe m, agave f
B. CPD aloe vera Naloe m vera
aloe
n (Bot, Med) → Aloe f


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At the foot of a flight of steps, leading to the house door, which was guarded on either side by an American aloe in a green tub, the sedan-chair stopped.
I whispered her name, and she drew aside behind an aloe bush, and, making pretence that her foot was pierced with a thorn, she lingered till the other women had gone by.
The bamboos and the custard apples, the poinsettias and the mango-trees in the garden stood still while the warm water lashed through them, and the frogs began to sing among the aloe hedges.
 
 
 
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