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dead nettle
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Dead nettle
(gcide) | Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[aum]lde, Sw.
n[aum]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp
hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and {Urtica
chamaedryoides} in the Southern, United States. The common
European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are
also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera
is the Roman nettle of England.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
Laportea (as Laportea gigas and Laportea moroides);
-- also called nettle tree.
Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See
under Hemp.
Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of
Lamium.
False nettle (Baehmeria cylindrica), a plant common in
the United States, and related to the true nettles.
Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge.
Horse nettle (Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse.
nettle tree.
(a) Same as Hackberry.
(b) See Australian nettle (above).
Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
family (Jatropha urens).
Wood nettle, a plant (Laportea Canadensis) which stings
severely, and is related to the true nettles.
[1913 Webster]
Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
effects of whipping with nettles.
Sea nettle (Zool.), a medusa.
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dead nettle
(wn) | dead nettle
n 1: foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green
creeping rhizome [syn: hedge nettle, dead nettle,
Stachys sylvatica]
2: any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of
small usually purplish flowers with two lips
3: coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers
and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in
United States [syn: hemp nettle, dead nettle, {Galeopsis
tetrahit}]
4: a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower
clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves [syn:
richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla] |
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dead nettle
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white dead nettle
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dead nettle
(wn) | dead nettle
n 1: foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green
creeping rhizome [syn: hedge nettle, dead nettle,
Stachys sylvatica]
2: any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of
small usually purplish flowers with two lips
3: coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers
and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in
United States [syn: hemp nettle, dead nettle, {Galeopsis
tetrahit}]
4: a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower
clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves [syn:
richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla] |
white dead nettle
(wn) | white dead nettle
n 1: European dead nettle with white flowers [syn: {white dead
nettle}, Lamium album] |
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