资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aloe \Al"oe\ ([a^]l"n[-o]), n.; pl. {Aloes} (-[=o]z). [L.
   alo["e], Gr. 'alo`h, aloe: cf. OF. aloe, F. alo[`e]s.]
   1. pl. The wood of the agalloch. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

   2. (Bot.) A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees,
      others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit
      and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some
      of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts.
      They are natives of warm countries.

   3. pl. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of
      aloe, used as a purgative. [Plural in form but
      syntactically singular.]

   {American aloe}, {Century aloe}, the agave. See {Agave}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

American aloe
     n : tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous
         sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some
         cultivated for ornament or for fiber [syn: {agave}, {century
         plant}]