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bow'string hemp"

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. any of various fibrous plants of the genus Sansevieria, of Asia and Africa, having stiff, erect, variegated or mottled leaves, cultivated in the U.S. as an ornamental.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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