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FRIENDSHIP PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does friendship plant mean? 

FRIENDSHIP PLANT (noun)
  The noun FRIENDSHIP PLANT has 1 sense:

1. low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowersplay

  Familiarity information: FRIENDSHIP PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRIENDSHIP PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

friendship plant; panamica; panamiga; Pilea involucrata

Hypernyms ("friendship plant" is a kind of...):

nettle (any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae))

Holonyms ("friendship plant" is a member of...):

genus Pilea; Pilea (low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage)


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