AFRICAN HEMP

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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)