Main Entry: san·se·vie·ria

Pronunciation: \ˌsan(t)-sə-ˈvir-ē-ə\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Raimondo di Sangro, prince of San Severo †1774 Italian scholar

Date: 1804

: any of a genus (Sansevieria) of tropical perennial herbs of the agave family with showy mottled sword-shaped leaves usually yielding a strong fiber

[sansevieria illustration]