ALOE

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, dried juice of ~ leaves, from Greek aloē Date: before 12th century the fragrant wood of an East Indian tree ( Aquilaria agallocha ) of the mezereon family, 2. any of a large genus ( Aloe ) of succulent chiefly southern African plants of the lily family with basal leaves and spicate flowers, the dried juice of the leaves of various ~s used especially formerly as a purgative, ~ vera