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net·tle
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hemp nettle
a coarse weed of the genus Galeopsis, of the mint family, resembling hemp in appearance and having bristly hairs like the nettle. -
stinging nettle
a bristly, stinging Eurasian nettle, Urtica dioica, naturalized in North America, having forked clusters of greenish flowers, the young foliage sometimes cooked and eaten like spinach by the Scots. -
urticaceous
belonging to the Urticaceae, the nettle family of plants. -
urticate
to sting with or as if with nettles. -
acaleph
any of the coelenterates of the former taxonomic group Acalephae, which included the jellyfishes -
artillery plant
any of various tropical urticaceous plants of the genus Pilea, such as P. microphylla, all having stamens that discharge their pollen explosively