'Dead nettle' definitions:
Definition of 'dead nettle'
(from WordNet)
noun
Foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome [syn: hedge nettle, dead nettle, Stachys sylvatica]
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips
noun
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, dead nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit]
noun
A plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves [syn: richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla]
Definition of 'Dead nettle'
From: GCIDE
- Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[aum]lde, Sw. n[aum]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 chamaedryoides} 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 (Baehmeria 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 (Zool.), a medusa. [1913 Webster]