HyperDic: genus_laportea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Laportea:
NOUNplantgenus Laportea, Laporteamostly tropical stinging herbs or trees
English > genus Laportea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettle.
SynonymLaportea
Member ofUrticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle familyA family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
MembersAustralian nettle, Australian nettle treeAny of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
wood nettle, Laportea canadensisAmerican perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus laportea, laportea
Catalangenus laportea, laportea

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