aloes: betydning og definisjoner

Any of various chiefly African plants of the genus Aloe, having rosettes of succulent, often spiny-margined leaves and long stalks bearing yellow, orange, or red tubular flowers.

See aloe vera.

(used with a sing. verb) A laxative drug obtained from the processed juice of certain species of aloe. Also called bitter aloes. See aloeswood.