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SANSEVIERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
Synonyms:
bowstring hemp; sansevieria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sansevieria" is a kind of...):
agave; American aloe; century plant (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)
Meronyms (substance of "sansevieria"):
bowstring hemp (strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sansevieria"):
African bowstring hemp; African hemp; Sansevieria guineensis (bowstring hemp of South Africa)
Ceylon bowstring hemp; Sansevieria zeylanica (plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green)
mother-in-law's tongue; Sansevieria trifasciata; snake plant (stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant)
Holonyms ("sansevieria" is a member of...):
genus Sansevieria (Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae)
