GENUS ALOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aloe mean? 

• GENUS ALOE (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALOE has 1 sense:

1. large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALOE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALOE (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Aloe" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aloe"):

aloe (succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa)

Holonyms ("genus Aloe" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; 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)