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CHINESE SILK PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese silk plant mean?
• CHINESE SILK PLANT (noun)
The noun CHINESE SILK PLANT has 1 sense:
1. tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
Familiarity information: CHINESE SILK PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Boehmeria nivea; China grass; Chinese silk plant; ramee; ramie
Hypernyms ("Chinese silk plant" is a kind of...):
bog hemp; false nettle (any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs)
Holonyms ("Chinese silk plant" is a member of...):
Boehmeria; genus Boehmeria (false nettle)
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