| 单词 | aloe |
| 释义 | aloe (once / 4713 pages) n Aloe is a succulent, flowering plant that's native to Africa. You can grow aloe as a houseplant on a windowsill, and it can soothe your skin when you are suffering from a sunburn. The aloe plant is well-known because one variety, aloe vera, is commonly grown for the soothing qualities of its gel-like insides, which are used in lotions and cosmetics. You can use aloe to treat a sunburn, from a plant or a bottle purchased at a pharmacy or health food store. The Old English root is alewe, "fragrant resin of an East Indian tree." WORD FAMILYaloe: aloes USAGE EXAMPLESThe gel also includes a compound from the aloe vera plant, similar to what is sold to soothe sunburn. Los Angeles Times(Dec 05, 2016) Terrified of her mother’s ire, she kept the injury a secret, soothing herself with the cool, slimy pulp of a backyard aloe plant. New York Times(Sep 14, 2016) Rosemary joins ingredients like eucalyptus and aloe in Skin Authority's Calming Mask, which helps clear pores, calm redness and absorb excess oil or sweat. Los Angeles Times(Oct 06, 2016) n succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa Hypo|Hyper Aloe ferox, cape aloe much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves Aloe vera, burn plantvery short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice; leaves develop spiny margins with maturity; native to Mediterranean region; grown widely in tropics and as houseplants succulent a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs |
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