Definition of Australian nettle

1. Noun. Any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea.

Exact synonyms: Australian Nettle Tree
Group relationships: Genus Laportea, Laportea
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Australian Nettle

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Australian dollar
Australian hare's foot
Australian heath
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Australian magpie
Australian nettle (current term)
Australian nettle tree
Australian pea
Australian pelican
Australian pelicans
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Australian rhyming slang
Australian rules
Australian rules football
Australian sea lion
Australian state
Australian stilt
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Literary usage of Australian nettle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gout and Its Cure by James Compton Burnett (1895)
"... and received a reply to the effect that he knew of no Australian nettle, but that the English nettle sprang up everywhere near human habitations. ..."

2. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1885)
"The " devil's leaf," of Ceylon, has produced almost instantaneous death, whilst an Australian nettle, about which exact information is lacking, ..."

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