单词 | aloe vera |
释义 | aloe veran. An aloe, Aloe vera, probably native to North Africa and the Mediterranean but cultivated and naturalized in warm climates worldwide, which is a major source of the drug aloes and also yields a gelatinous substance used in herbal medicine and cosmetics, esp. as an emollient and to promote skin healing. Also: the extracted gel itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > aloe vera and other medicinal aloes socotrine aloe1778 aloe vera1938 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > softening medicine > plant-derived almond milk1381 amygdalate1657 aloe vera1985 1766 tr. F. Hasselquist Voy. & Trav. Levant 173 I have never seen such quantities of Aloe vera [Sw. Aloë vera], as I saw on the ramparts of this fort. 1820 R. Walpole Mem. relating to European & Asiatic Turkey & Other Countries of East II. 25 I observed..upon rubbish ground on the outskirts of the town, the Aloe vera, the Sempervivum arboreum, and the Physalis somnifera. 1893 Jrnl. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7 iv. 526 The pink succulent mucilaginous spikes of Aloe vera..are also used in curries. 1938 Pop. Sci. Mar. 40/1 Burns caused by radium and by X rays are being successfully treated with aloe vera, a tropical desert plant. 1985 Woman's Own 22 June 18/3 Revlon's new Dry Skin Relief with aloe vera, £2.69, is quickly absorbed. 2011 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) 73 Aloe vera will live perfectly happily indoors as a houseplant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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