Definition of Sansevieria zeylanica

1. Noun. Plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green.

Exact synonyms: Ceylon Bowstring Hemp
Generic synonyms: Bowstring Hemp, Sansevieria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sansevieria Zeylanica

Sanhitas
Sanicula
Sanicula Europaea
Sanicula arctopoides
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Sanjay
Sankhya
Sankt-Peterburg
Sans-culottide
Sanscript
Sanscrit
Sansculottide
Sansculottides
Sansevieria guineensis
Sansevieria trifasciata
Sansevieria zeylanica
Sanskript
Sanskrit
Sanskrit literature
Sanskritic
Sanskritic language
Sanskritisation
Sanskritism
Sanskritist
Sanskritists
Sanskritization
Sansom's sign
Sanson's images
Sanson-Flamsteed projection
Santa

Literary usage of Sansevieria zeylanica

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

1. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1907)
"sansevieria zeylanica is a species cultivated in Ceylon. ... The fibre of sansevieria zeylanica is very similar to aloe or Mauritius hemp, ..."

2. Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and the Islands of Zanzibar by William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald (1898)
"... a decoction of the root used for dysentery." The leaves of this species growing at Kew were too small to be tested for fibre. 5. sansevieria zeylanica ..."

3. Director's Report for by Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (1903)
"sansevieria zeylanica. This remarkable fibrous plant belongs to the same order as New Zealand flax and the Yuccas. It grows extensively in India, Java, ..."

4. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1907)
"sansevieria zeylanica is a species cultivated in Ceylon. ... The fibre of sansevieria zeylanica is very similar to aloe or Mauritius hemp, ..."

5. Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and the Islands of Zanzibar by William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald (1898)
"... a decoction of the root used for dysentery." The leaves of this species growing at Kew were too small to be tested for fibre. 5. sansevieria zeylanica ..."

6. Director's Report for by Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (1903)
"sansevieria zeylanica. This remarkable fibrous plant belongs to the same order as New Zealand flax and the Yuccas. It grows extensively in India, Java, ..."

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