Definition of Bowstring hemp

1. Noun. Hemp obtained from the sansevieria.

Generic synonyms: Hemp

2. Noun. Strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage.
Substance meronyms: Sansevieria
Generic synonyms: Natural Fiber, Natural Fibre

3. Noun. Grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowstring Hemp

bowshock
bowshocks
bowshot
bowshots
bowsing
bowsman
bowsmen
bowsprit
bowsprits
bowspritted
bowssen
bowssened
bowssening
bowssens
bowstring
bowstring hemp (current term)
bowstringed
bowstringing
bowstrings
bowstrung
bowtel
bowtels
bowtie
bowtied
bowties
bowwow
bowwowed
bowwowing
bowwows
bowyang

Literary usage of Bowstring hemp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"bowstring hemp bowstring hemp belongs to the lily family, of which several ... The different species of bowstring hemp are commonly found in Guinea, Ceylon, ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"To these have recently been added ew Zealand Flax, Jute, Sunn or Sunn Hemp, Coir, Pita Flax, Abaca or Manilla Hemp, bowstring hemp, China Grass, ..."

3. The Fibrous Plants of India Fitted for Cordage, Clothing, and Paper: With an by John Forbes Royle (1855)
"Dr. Roxburgh proposed that the fibres might be called bowstring hemp in England, ... They have been called African bowstring hemp. (The author's ' Himal. ..."

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