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a substance that comes from a type of aloe, used in products such as skin creams 芦荟汁(用于生产护肤霜等) - [countable]
the aloe that this substance comes from 真芦荟
Word Originearly 20th cent.: modern Latin, literally ‘true aloe’, probably in contrast to the American agave, which closely resembles aloe vera: both plants were formerly classified together in the lily family.