aloe - succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africagenus Aloe - large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae Aloe ferox, cape aloe - much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves Aloe vera, burn plant - very 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 |