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Go with the classic Sun In Hair Lightener, enriched with aloe, marigold, chamomile, and flaxseed, or the newer Fun In by Sun In Temporary Hair Color, which rinses out after one wash.—Annie Blackman, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025 For her garden design clients in Marin County, Holmes favors a combination of California native and non-native plants, including salvias, agaves, aloes, and manzanitas.—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025 Jean’s mama reproached her for not having been more careful and babied Wole, ordering him to remove his T-shirt and retrieving an aloe lotion, telling him to stretch out on the couch and instructing Jean to spread it over the tender areas.—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025 Fulton & Roark Fulton & Rourke deodorant not only comes in a huge variety of the brand’s elevated scents, but also contains aloe barbadensis leaf extract, which soothes and hydrates irritated skin.—Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aloe
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, dried juice of aloe leaves, from Greek aloē
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of aloe was
before the 12th century
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