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nounsucculent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africatype of:
Definition that contains aloe
- aloes a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
- genus kniphofia genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae
- tribe bubalus in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes
- family liliaceae includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
- indian buffalo upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk
- genus aloe large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae
- liliaceae includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
- bitter aloes a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
- genus bubalus in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes
- lily family includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae