Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various tropical plants of the genus Sansevieria, native to Africa and Asia, having thick, usually lance-shaped leaves and often cultivated as houseplants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of mono-cotyledonous plants of the order Hæmodoraceæ and tribe Ophiopogoneæ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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• Sansevieria or snake plantThe toughest of the tough guys, sansevieria is a snakeskin-patterned succulent, with upright, sword-shaped leaves.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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• Backdrop low, bushy plants like kalanchoe or Chinese evergreen against tall, spiky plants like dieffenbachia or sansevieria.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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• Backdrop low, bushy plants like kalanchoe or Chinese evergreen against tall, spiky plants like dieffenbachia or sansevieria.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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• Sansevieria or snake plantThe toughest of the tough guys, sansevieria is a snakeskin-patterned succulent, with upright, sword-shaped leaves.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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• Backdrop low, bushy plants like kalanchoe or Chinese evergreen against tall, spiky plants like dieffenbachia or sansevieria.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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• Sansevieria or snake plantThe toughest of the tough guys, sansevieria is a snakeskin-patterned succulent, with upright, sword-shaped leaves.
How To Avoid Housework PAULA JHUNG 1995
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Or like the funky forms of common houseplants that found themselves tragically dumped on the clearance table at the garden center for some reason or another, like this twisty sansevieria:
Garden Voices 2010
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"Some other common indoor plants like African violet, jade plant and sansevieria are not poisonous but could cause stomach upset if swallowed."
unknown title 2009
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Actually in the agave family, there are many varieties of sansevieria that are exceptionally tough.
About Today 2009
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