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stinging hair

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stinging hair
n.
A glandular plant hair that expels an irritating fluid.
stinging hair
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a multicellular hair in plants, such as the stinging nettle, that injects an irritant fluid when in contact with an animal
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Noun1.stinging hairstinging hair - a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid
fuzz, tomentum, hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"


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