aloenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæl.əʊ/us/ˈæl.oʊ/an evergreen plant (= one that never loses its leaves) with thick, pointed leaves
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Common plants
- African violet
- aloe vera
- anise
- aspidistra
- bamboo
- crabgrass
- deadly nightshade
- fenugreek
- fern
- four-leaf clover
- pot plant
- prickly pear
- Queen Anne's lace
- rubber plant
- runner bean
- tuft
- turves
- Venus flytrap
- wheat
- yucca
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Examples from literature
- Against the rocky scarp on the south of the garden a plantation of aloes, yuccas and cactus has been made.
- Bamboo sheds have given way to neatly whitewashed villages, and the fields are fenced with rows of aloe.
- He returns to the thicket of cactus and aloes.
- I saw here numerous species of aloes, which we cultivate laboriously in hot-houses, growing wild, or planted as hedges around gardens.
- The Admiral also found here a great deal of the plant called aloe.