murva

noun

mur·​va

variants or less commonly moorva

ˈmu̇rvə

plural -s

1

: an Asiatic bowstring hemp (Sansevieria roxburghiana) widely cultivated in India for its soft silky leaf fiber

2

: the fiber yielded by the murva

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit mūrvā

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