marooln.
/ˈmarᵿl/, U.S. /ˈmɛrəl/ Now rare.
The moorva Sansevieria zeylanica (family Dracaenaceae), a herbaceous plant of Sri Lanka, whose leaves are a source of tough fibres. Also: the fibre produced by this plant.Plants grown under the name S. zeylanica are often other species of the genus Sansevieria (formerly also known as Sanseviera).
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1813 W. Ainslie Materia Medica Hindoostan i. iii. 88 Mārool kalung... Marool Root. Sänseveria zeylanica.
1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 28 Nov. 17/2 The plantain and the marool yield large quantities of white fibres.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 722/2 Marool, the long fine fibre of Sanseviera zeylanica.
1889 G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants vi. 166 The fibres..of Sanseviera zeylanica..the ‘Moorghae’ or ‘Marool’..were recommended.
1901 J. Ferguson Notes on Aloe, Sisal, & Ramie Fibres 37 A far more hopeful prospect exists with reference to wild fibrous plants, such as the Sanseviera Zeylanica, Niyanda of the Singhalese and Marool of the Tamil.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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