Pronunciation: ˌ san(t)-s ə - ' vir- ē - ə
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Raimondo di Sangro, prince of San Severo † 1774 Italian scholar
Date: 1804
: any of a genus ( Sansevieria ) of tropical perennial herbs of the agave family with showy mottled sword-shaped leaves usually yielding a strong fiber
sansevieria