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Word: sansevieria (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...henequen, sisal, and every other known western fiber but sansevieria, which grows wild in Cuba, lack the resistance to salt water that makes abacá a naval necessity. Moreover, while it takes only four months to get a usable hemp crop, it takes three years to produce sisal, five to seven years for henequen. And low world prices for jute and abacá have kept Hemisphere acreage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jute, Hemp and Bedlam | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

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