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Definition of Friendship plant
1. Noun. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
Generic synonyms: Nettle
Group relationships: Genus Pilea, Pilea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Friendship Plant
Literary usage of Friendship plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians: The Local Muhammadan by Sikandar ibn Muḥammad, ʻAlī Muḥammad Khān, Henry Yule (1886)
"Thy tongue professes friendship true, Be sure thy heart is friendly too ; All
cause of enmity uproot, And let thy friendship's plant bear fruit. ..."
2. The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets: Never Before in Any Language Truly by Homer, George Chapman, William Cooke Taylor (1843)
"If wars and combats we shall still with even successes strike; Or as impartial
friendship plant on both parts. If ye like The last, and that it will as well ..."
3. A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2000)
"They had been in the open country for some time, but now they were approaching
the Cardew's friendship plant. The furnaces had covered the fields with a ..."
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