nettle tree

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Noun

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nettle tree - any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits hackberry Celtis, genus Celtis - large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit Celtis australis, European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry - bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe American hackberry, Celtis occidentalis - large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries Celtis laevigata, sugarberry - deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms