Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boehmeria_nivea

1 sense of boehmeria nivea

Sense 1
ramie, ramee, Chinese silk plant, China grass, Boehmeria nivea -- (tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax)
       => false nettle, bog hemp -- (any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs)