aloe vera
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aloe vera /ˈvɪərə/
▶noun
- 1 a gelatinous substance obtained from a kind of aloe, used in cosmetics as an emollient.
- 2 the plant that yields aloe vera, grown chiefly in the Caribbean and the southern US. [Aloe vera.]
– origin early 20th cent.: mod. L., lit. ‘true aloe’, prob. in contrast to the American agave, which closely resembles aloe vera.
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