ALOE VERA

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

Aloe vera; burn plant

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Nouns denoting plants

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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