sansevieria zeylanica

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   plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green

   SynonymsCeylon bowstring hemp

   Broadersansevieria

Questions about sansevieria zeylanica

What does sansevieria zeylanica mean?

sansevieria zeylanica means "plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green".

What is another word for sansevieria zeylanica?

Close synonyms include Ceylon bowstring hemp. 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 sansevieria zeylanica a common word?

sansevieria zeylanica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.