Term: sansevieria: grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: starveling: someone who is starving (or being starved) → 0
Candidate hypernym: fir: any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas → 0
Candidate hypernym: tailback: (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage → 0
Candidate hypernym: resistance thermometer: thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire → 0
Candidate hypernym: turnout: attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bolivian: a native or inhabitant of Bolivia → 0
Candidate hypernym: style: a particular kind (as to appearance) → 0
Candidate hypernym: thermogravimetry: the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances → 0
Candidate hypernym: groundsel tree: a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts → 0
Candidate hypernym: shingon: a form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible → 0