Meaning | succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa. |
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Member of | genus Aloe | large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants |
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Narrower | burn plant, Aloe vera | Very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice |
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cape aloe, Aloe ferox | Much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves |
Broader | succulent | A plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs |
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Spanish | aloe, áloe, sábila |
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Catalan | aloe |
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