HyperDic: genus_pilea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pilea:
NOUNplantgenus Pilea, Pilealow-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage
English > genus Pilea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglow-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
SynonymPilea
Member ofUrticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle familyA family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
Membersartillery plant, Pilea microphyllaTropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively
friendship plant, panamica, panamiga, Pilea involucrataLow stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers
richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumillaA plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus pilea, pilea
Catalangenus pilea, pilea

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