bowstring hemp

English Thesaurus

1. grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	agave, american aloe, century plant,
definition	:	tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	african bowstring hemp, african hemp, sansevieria guineensis,
definition	:	bowstring hemp of South Africa (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ceylon bowstring hemp, sansevieria zeylanica,
definition	:	plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	mother-in-law's tongue, sansevieria trifasciata, snake plant,
definition	:	stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus sansevieria,
definition	:	Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	bowstring hemp,
definition	:	strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage (noun.plant)

2. strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	natural fiber, natural fibre,
definition	:	fiber derived from plants or animals (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	bowstring hemp, sansevieria,
definition	:	grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber (noun.plant)

3. hemp obtained from the sansevieria (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	hemp,
definition	:	a plant fiber (noun.substance)