Any of various plants constituting the tropical genus Aloe (family Xanthorrhoeaceae), comprising succulent shrubs or trees, typically having a basal…

= sea-houseleek n.

the aloe.

(a) any tree from which aloe wood is obtained; cf. sense 1 (now historical and rare); (b) = sense 2.

Aloe linguæformis.

(in full partridge-breast aloe) a South African stemless aloe, Aloe variegata, cultivated elsewhere for its variegated leaves.

= partridge-breast n.