BOWSTRING HEMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bowstring hemp mean? 

• BOWSTRING HEMP (noun)
  The noun BOWSTRING HEMP has 3 senses:

1. hemp obtained from the sansevieria

2. strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage

3. grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber

  Familiarity information: BOWSTRING HEMP used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWSTRING HEMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hemp obtained from the sansevieria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bowstring hemp" is a kind of...):

hemp (a plant fiber)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bowstring hemp" is a kind of...):

natural fiber; natural fibre (fiber derived from plants or animals)

Holonyms ("bowstring hemp" is a substance of...):

bowstring hemp; sansevieria (grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bowstring hemp; sansevieria

Hypernyms ("bowstring hemp" is a kind of...):

agave; American aloe; century plant (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)

Meronyms (substance of "bowstring hemp"):

bowstring hemp (strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bowstring hemp"):

African bowstring hemp; African hemp; Sansevieria guineensis (bowstring hemp of South Africa)

Ceylon bowstring hemp; Sansevieria zeylanica (plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green)

mother-in-law's tongue; Sansevieria trifasciata; snake plant (stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant)

Holonyms ("bowstring hemp" is a member of...):

genus Sansevieria (Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae)