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mother-in-law's tonguenounA West African plant of the agave family, which has long slender leaves with yellow marginal stripes.- Sansevieria trifasciata, family Agavaceae.
For instance they won't eat anything in the aloe family or leathery leafed plants such as mother-in-law's tongue....- If the bathroom is cold for most of the day, choose sansevierias (mother-in-law's tongue) - which will also survive in a poorly lit bathroom - or Nepenthes alata, a carnivorous plant with unusual hanging red traps.
- All over the Caribbean, it is known as ‘mother-in-law's tongue’.
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