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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flower, fruit, ovary, plant, tongue, africa, striped, Cells, Slender, ovules, mother-in-law, Mother-in-law's tongue, filaments, snake plant

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Source

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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