Urtica

Ur`ti´ca

n.

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(Bot.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Urtica - a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax genus Urtica dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination family Urticaceae, nettle family, Urticaceae - a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs stinging nettle, Urtica dioica - perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs Roman nettle, Urtica pipulifera - annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers