LAPORTEA CANADENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Laportea canadensis mean? 

• LAPORTEA CANADENSIS (noun)
  The noun LAPORTEA CANADENSIS has 1 sense:

1. American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles

  Familiarity information: LAPORTEA CANADENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAPORTEA CANADENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Laportea canadensis; wood nettle

Hypernyms ("Laportea canadensis" 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 ("Laportea canadensis" is a member of...):

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