African hemp (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers
Synonyms:
African hemp; Sparmannia africana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("African hemp" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("African hemp" is a member of...):
genus Sparmannia; Sparmannia (small genus of tropical African shrubs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bowstring hemp of South Africa
Synonyms:
African bowstring hemp; African hemp; Sansevieria guineensis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("African hemp" is a kind of...):
bowstring hemp; sansevieria (grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber)