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Stinging nettle
A nettle; any of the species of genus Urtica that cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.
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A nettle; any of the species of genus Urtica that cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.
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| Word | Definition |
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| urtica dioica | Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. |
| nettlenoun | Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. |
| nettlewortnoun | Any plant of the nettle family, Urticaceae. |
| fen nettlenoun | Urtica dioica subsp. galeopsifolia, a herbaceous perennial plant found in Europe, having long narrow leaves and covered in fine, dense, non-stinging hairs. |
| dwarf nettlenoun | A herbaceous nettle, Urtica urens, endemic to Eurasia. |
| stingless nettlenoun | Synonym of fen nettle. |
| deadnettlenoun | Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs. |
| ongaonganoun | The plant Urtica ferox, a nettle endemic to New Zealand with woody stem and large stinging spines. |
| devil's nettlenoun | Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. |
| nettle treenoun | Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread in warm temperate regions. |
| wood nettlenoun | Laportea canadensis, an annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern and central North America. |
| nettle-leaf horsemintnoun | Alternative form of nettle-leaved horsemint. [An aromatic herb of the western US in the mint family, Agastache urticifolia, used medicinally by the American Indians.] |
| horse nettlenoun | Alternative form of horsenettle. [Any of certain plants in the genus Solanum.] |
| nettle-leaved horsemintnoun | An aromatic herb of the western US in the mint family, Agastache urticifolia, used medicinally by the American Indians. |
| nutsedgenoun | (US) Any of certain species of invasive perennial sedge, of the genus Cyperus, that have edible, nutlike tubers. |
| hemp-nettlenoun | Any weed of the genus Galeopsis in the Lamiaceae family. |
| hemp nettlenoun | Alternative form of hemp-nettle. [Any weed of the genus Galeopsis in the Lamiaceae family.] |
| nettle-leaf giant hyssopnoun | An aromatic herb of the western US in the mint family (Agastache urticifolia), used medicinally by the American Indians. |
| hedgenettlenoun | Any of certain plants of the genus Stachys. |
| dock leafnoun | The leaf of the dock plant, traditionally rubbed against the skin as a remedy for the sting of nettles. |
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