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    CHINESE SILK PLANT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flaxplay

    Synonyms:

    Boehmeria nivea; China grass; Chinese silk plant; ramee; ramie

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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