Aloe

Portuguese Meaning

aloés

English Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. See aloe vera.
  3. A laxative drug obtained from the processed juice of a certain species of aloe. Also called bitter aloes.