SANSEVIERIA


Meaning of SANSEVIERIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsan(t)-sə-ˈvir-ē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Raimondo di Sangro, prince of San Severo died 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

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