Aloe

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  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. A laxative drug obtained from the processed juice of certain species of aloe.
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  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The common name of the plants of the genus AloĆ«.
  • noun. A genus of liliaceous plants, including trees, shrubs, and a few perennial herbs, with thick fleshy leaves, usually spinosely toothed and rosulate at the summit of the caudex. See aloe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The wood of the agalloch.
  • noun. A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.
  • noun. The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative.
  • noun. the agave. See Agave.
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  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The resins of the trees Aquilaria agallocha and Aquilaria malaccensis, known for their fragrant odour
  • noun. A plant of the genus Aloe.
  • noun. A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
  • Word Usage
    "There are many so-called aloe vera preparations on the market that contain very little of this precious herb."
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    agave  maguey  
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    succulent  
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    fallow  
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    aloes  amaranth  azalea  betel  camphire