Snake Plant

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Sansevieria Zeylanica is the Latin name, but this plant is also called a Mother-in-law’s Tongue. “A genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order of Haemodoraceae and tribe Ophiopogoneae. It is characterized by a long and slender perianth-tube, six filiform filaments, and a free ovary, fixed by a broad base, containing three cells and three erect ovules.” —Whitney, 1889

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William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5336

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