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ALOE VERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
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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)