aloe vera

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aloe vera

/əˌləʊ.i ˈvɛ.ɹə/ UK
/əˌləʊ.i ˈvɪə.ɹə/ UK
/ˌæ.ləʊ ˈvɛ.ɹə/ UK
/ˌæ.ləʊ ˈvɪə.ɹə/ UK
/ˈæ.loʊ ˈvɛ.ɹə/ US
/ˌæ.loʊ ˈvɪ.ɹə/ US

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Learned borrowing from New Latin aloē vēra (“true aloe”).

noun aloe veras

countable, uncountable A plant of the species Aloe vera, grown as an ornamental, thought to have medicinal value; an extract, often a gel, made from the plant. Some other trees like the cactus and aloe veras, have other means of protection or feel no need for it and they grow much faster and easier that way.
Similar: sea houseleek

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noun Aloe vera

Español	aloe vera, sábila
한국어	알로에 베라 allo'e bera
日本語	アロエベラ aroe-bera
中文	蘆薈 /芦荟 lúhuì
हिन्दी	ग्वारपाठा gvārpāṭhā, क्वारगंदल kvārgandal, घीकुआँर ghīkuā̃r, घीकुआर ghīkuār, घृतकुमारी ghŕtkumārī
Português	babosa, aloé-vera
Français	aloé véra
Deutsch	Echte Aloe, Aloe vera
Italiano	aloe vera, aloe
Română	aloe vera
Русский	ало́э настоя́щее alóe nastojáščeje, ало́э ве́ра alóe véra
العربية	صَبِر ṣabir, صَبِر حَقِيقِيّ ṣabir ḥaqīqiyy, أَلُوفِيرَا ʔalōvēra

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@misc{aloe_vera_2026,
  title = {aloe vera},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aloe%20vera},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}