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aloe Definition


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aloe
noun aloes
    1. Any of various succulent African plants with tall trunk-like stems, long sword-shaped fleshy leaves with spiny edges, and bell-shaped or tubular yellow to red flowers.
    2. The dried juice of the leaves of this plant, formerly used as a purgative drug known as bitter aloes.
      Form: aloes (usually)
Etymology: 14c: from Latin aloe.



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