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First Known Use of aloe
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology for aloe
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, dried juice of aloe leaves, from Greek aloē
1capitalized: a large genus of succulent chiefly southern African plants of the lily family with basal leaves and spicate flowers
2: a plant of the genus Aloe
3: the dried juice of the leaves of various aloes used especially formerly as a purgative and tonic
—usually used in plural but singular in construction