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Boehmeria

noun

false nettle

• Syn: ↑genus Boehmeria

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Urticaceae, ↑family Urticaceae, ↑nettle family

• Member Meronyms:

↑false nettle, ↑bog hemp, ↑ramie, ↑ramee, ↑Chinese silk plant, ↑China grass, ↑Boehmeria nivea

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\\bāˈmirēə, bōˈm-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from G.R.Boehmer (Böhmer) died 1803 German botanist + New Latin -ia

: a large and widely distributed genus of trees, shrubs, and herbs (family Urticaceae) with glomerate flowers in spikes — see ramie

Useful english dictionary. 2012.