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ALOE VERA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aloe vera mean?

• ALOE VERA (noun)
The noun ALOE VERA has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: ALOE VERA used as a noun is very rare.

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• ALOE VERA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aloe vera; burn plant

Hypernyms ("Aloe vera" is a kind of...):

aloe (succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa)

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