aloe

Noun
  1. Succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers;
    Found chiefly in Africa (synset 112457182)
    is a type of: succulent - a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
    subtypes:
    • 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
    belongs to: genus aloe - large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae

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