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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
Group relationships: Genus Laportea, Laportea
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Australian Nettle
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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