AUSTRALIAN NETTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Australian nettle mean? 

• AUSTRALIAN NETTLE (noun)
  The noun AUSTRALIAN NETTLE has 1 sense:

1. any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea

  Familiarity information: AUSTRALIAN NETTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUSTRALIAN NETTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Australian nettle; Australian nettle tree

Hypernyms ("Australian nettle" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Australian nettle" is a member of...):

genus Laportea; Laportea (mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettle)