Definition of Laportea canadensis

1. Noun. American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles.

Exact synonyms: Wood Nettle
Generic synonyms: Nettle
Group relationships: Genus Laportea, Laportea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laportea Canadensis

Laplace's forceps
Laplace's law
Laplace-Beltrami operator
Laplace distribution
Laplace operator
Laplace plane
Laplace planes
Laplace transform
Laplacian
Lapland
Lapland owl
Laplander
Laplanders
Laplandish
Laportea
Laportea canadensis (current term)
Lapp
Lappeenranta
Lappic
Lappish
Lappland
Lapplander
Lapponian
Lapponic
Lapps
Lappula
Lapsang Souchong
Laptev Sea
Laputa
Laputan

Literary usage of Laportea canadensis

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

1. Dermatitis Venenata: An Account of the Action of External Irritants Upon the by James Clarke White (1887)
"The plant, on examination, proved to be Laportea canadensis, or the wood nettle, handsomer but rarer than our stinging species of Urtica, ..."

2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1909)
"Laportea canadensis. A gall consisting of a malformation of the fruit, much like the ball gall on the leaves. ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Wood or Canada Nettle. Fig. 1560. Urtica divaricata L. Sp. PI. 985. 1753. Urtica canadensis L. Sp. PI. 985. 1753. Laportea canadensis Gaud, in ..."

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