bowstring hemp

Questions about bowstring hemp

What does bowstring hemp mean?

bowstring hemp means "hemp obtained from the sansevieria". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bowstring hemp?

Close synonyms include sansevieria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bowstring hemp a common word?

bowstring hemp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.