ALOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aloe mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALOE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("aloe" is a kind of...):

succulent (a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aloe"):

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)

Holonyms ("aloe" is a member of...):

genus Aloe (large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae)

 Context examples 

A topical preparation containing collagen, aloe vera, vitamin E, and lidocaine hydrochloride with wound-healing activity.

(Collagen/Aloe Vera/Vitamin E/Lidocaine Topical Hydrogel, NCI Thesaurus)

The ingredients of Regenecare are collagen, aloe vera, vitamin E, and lidocaine.

(Collagen/Aloe Vera/Vitamin E/Lidocaine Topical Hydrogel, NCI Dictionary)

In mercy I put a bullet through his skull, and he fell sprawling among the aloes.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A herbal-based mouthrinse containing aloe, anise, ascorbic acid, clove, peppermint, spearmint and thyme, with potential anti-mucositic activity.

(Aloe/Anise/Ascorbic Acid/Clove/Peppermint/Spearmint/Thyme-based Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance found in certain plants, including aloe vera.

(Aloe-emodin, NCI Dictionary)

Aloe vera gel contains carbohydrate polymers, such as glucomannans or pectic acid, and various vitamins and essential amino acids, as well as other organic and inorganic compounds.

(Aloe Vera Gel, NCI Thesaurus)

There were two great aloes, in tubs, on the turf outside the windows; the broad hard leaves of which plant (looking as if they were made of painted tin) have ever since, by association, been symbolical to me of silence and retirement.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The four ingredients of collagen/aloe vera/vitamin E/lidocaine topical hydrogel may promote wound repair and new tissue growth in which: collagen, a structural protein in connective tissue, provides a connective tissue matrix for the attachment of various cells involved in wound repair; aloe vera carbohydrate polymers provide a moist wound environment; vitamin E promotes blood vessel formation; and lidocaine acts as a local anesthetic.

(Collagen/Aloe Vera/Vitamin E/Lidocaine Topical Hydrogel, NCI Thesaurus)

When aloe/anise/ascorbic acid/clove/peppermint/spearmint/thyme-based mouthwash is used as a rinse, the ingredients in this agent may prevent or decrease inflammation and bacterial infections.This may prevent or inhibit radiotherapy- or chemotherapy-induced mucositis and decreases the pain associated with mucositis.

(Aloe/Anise/Ascorbic Acid/Clove/Peppermint/Spearmint/Thyme-based Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)