BOEHMERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Boehmeria mean? 

• BOEHMERIA (noun)
  The noun BOEHMERIA has 1 sense:

1. false nettle

  Familiarity information: BOEHMERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOEHMERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

False nettle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Boehmeria; genus Boehmeria

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)