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English → English (WordNet) Definition: dead nettle dead nettle n 1: foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome [syn: hedge 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, Galeopsis tetrahit] 4: a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves [syn: richweed, clearweed, Pilea pumilla]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dead nettle Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n["a]lde, Sw. n["a]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 cham[ae]dryoides 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 (B[ae]hmeria 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 (Zo["o]l.), a medusa. [1913 Webster]


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