HyperDic: stinging_nettle

English > 1 sense of the expression stinging nettle:
NOUNplantstinging nettle, Urtica dioicaperennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs
English > stinging nettle: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs.
SynonymUrtica dioica
Member ofUrtica, genus UrticaA nettle yielding fiber resembling flax
BroadernettleAny of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
Spanishurtica dioica
Catalanurtica dioica, Urtica dioica

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