HyperDic: genus_urtica

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Urtica:
NOUNplantgenus Urtica, Urticaa nettle yielding fiber resembling flax
English > genus Urtica: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
SynonymUrtica
Member ofUrticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle familyA family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
MembersRoman nettle, Urtica pipuliferaAnnual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers
stinging nettle, Urtica dioicaperennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus urtica, urtica
Catalangenus urtica, Ortiga, urtica, Urtica

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