ARTILLERY PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does artillery plant mean? 

• ARTILLERY PLANT (noun)
  The noun ARTILLERY PLANT has 1 sense:

1. tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTILLERY PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

artillery plant; Pilea microphylla

Hypernyms ("artillery 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 ("artillery plant" is a member of...):

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