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GENUS SANSEVIERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Sansevieria" 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 Sansevieria"):
bowstring hemp; sansevieria (grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber)
Holonyms ("genus Sansevieria" is a member of...):
Agavaceae; agave family; family Agavaceae; sisal family (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)
