STINGING NETTLE

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Meaning:

Perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs

Synonyms:

stinging nettle; Urtica dioica

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stinging nettle" is a kind of...):

nettle (any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae))

Holonyms ("stinging nettle" is a member of...):

genus Urtica; Urtica (a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax)

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