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Definition of Laportea canadensis
1. Noun. American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laportea Canadensis
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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