snake plants

English translation: mother-in-law's tongue

17:35 Dec 29, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Science - Botany
English term or phrase: snake plants
An item mentioned in a list of indoor/outdoor plants
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Selected answer:mother-in-law's tongue
Explanation:
Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii'
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JCEC
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4 +4mother-in-law's tongue
JCEC
4 +2Several types of plants
jccantrell
5See the link
humbird
3Sansevieria trifasciata
Michel A.


  

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mother-in-law's tongue


Explanation:
Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii'


    Reference: http://www.emilycompost.com/snake_plant.htm
JCEC
Canada
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: French
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jakub Szacki: http://www.denverplants.com/foliage/html/SansLaurentii.htm
0 min

agree  jerrie: sharp as a razor ;-)
1 hr

agree  Asghar Bhatti
4 hrs

agree  Java Cafe
22 hrs

neutral  Jörgen Slet: "Some other varieties are 'Golden Hahnii, Silver Hahnii, and the Hahnii (sometimes know as the birdsnest). There are about 60 species in this family."
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Sansevieria trifasciata


Explanation:
snake plant

 














NOUN:
A stemless plant (Sansevieria trifasciata) having narrow, rigid, often mottled leaves and widely cultivated as a houseplant.

Michel A.
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Several types of plants


Explanation:
Snake plants are popular, easy-to-grow houseplants. These slow growing plants have stiff, upright, sword-like foliage or are compact, like the bird's nest snake plant. They are available in several shapes and colors. Some have irregular, horizontal bands of dark green and gray-green with a small, yellow outline. Some do not have the outline and still others have a large, yellow outline and hardly any green.

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    Reference: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1337.html
jccantrell
United States
Local time: 09:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ines Garcia Botana
22 mins

agree  Jörgen Slet: Apparently just several varieties, not quite types though
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See the link


Explanation:
See following link. The plant don't look anywhere close to snake to me, but if you see its wavy upright growth, theb it might remind some people about snake. Japanese call this plant "Dragon's Tongue". So there might be some association in this plant with a creature that has long and wavy movement.


    Reference: http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Sansevieria...
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