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BOEHMERIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

False nettle

Synonyms:

Boehmeria; genus Boehmeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Boehmeria" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Boehmeria"):

bog hemp; false nettle (any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs)

Boehmeria nivea; China grass; Chinese silk plant; ramee; ramie (tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax)

Holonyms ("Boehmeria" is a member of...):

family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)

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