bowstring hemp

bowstring hemp

n.1. Any of several tropical African and Asian perennial plants of the genus Sansevieria, having thick, swordlike, spine-tipped leaves grouped in rosettes.2. The fibers of any of these plants, used for bowstrings, cordage, mats, and nets.

bowstring hemp

n (Textiles) a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria

bow′string hemp`

n. 1. any of various sansevierias of Asia and Africa. 2. the strong fiber of these plants. [1865–70]

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Noun	1.	bowstring hemp - hemp obtained from the sansevieriahemp - a plant fiber
	2.	bowstring hemp - strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordagesansevieria, bowstring hemp - grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fibernatural fiber, natural fibre - fiber derived from plants or animals
	3.	bowstring hemp - grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fibersansevieriaagave, 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 fibergenus Sansevieria - Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of LiliaceaeAfrican bowstring hemp, African hemp, Sansevieria guineensis - bowstring hemp of South AfricaCeylon bowstring hemp, Sansevieria zeylanica - plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark greenmother-in-law's tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata, snake plant - stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplantbowstring hemp - strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage