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URTICA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax

Synonyms:

genus Urtica; Urtica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Urtica" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Urtica"):

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)

Holonyms ("Urtica" is a member of...):

family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)

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