noun
aloe
AL-oh/ˈæləʊ/
A thick-leaved succulent whose leaf gel has medicinal uses.
The potted aloe has a split leaf exposing its clear gel.
Etymology
Greek aloē has an uncertain origin. In English, the name first referred to the plant’s bitter medicinal juice, used as a purgative, rather than specifically to its skin-soothing gel.
In context
so aloe vera is a really common herbal remedy that people might use you've probably used this yourself with sunburns so it can be taken topically or orally
More examples
- She chooses a skin lotion containing aloe.
- Several aloes grow in pots along the sunny windowsill.
- The gardener removes a damaged leaf from the aloe.
Forms
aloe · aloes
Similar words
- succulent
- Names the broader plant category rather than this particular plant.