- dead nettle
- noun1. foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome• Syn: ↑hedge nettle, ↑Stachys sylvatica• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant• Member Holonyms: ↑Stachys, ↑genus Stachys2. any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant• Hyponyms: ↑white dead nettle, ↑Lamium album, ↑henbit, ↑Lamium amplexicaule• Member Holonyms: ↑Lamium, ↑genus Lamium3. 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, ↑Galeopsis tetrahit• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant• Member Holonyms: ↑Galeopsis, ↑genus Galeopsis4. a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves• Syn: ↑richweed, ↑clearweed, ↑Pilea pumilla• Hypernyms: ↑nettle• Member Holonyms: ↑Pilea, ↑genus Pilea
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noun1. : a plant of the genus Lamium having leaves resembling those of the nettle but destitute of stinging hairs2. : hemp nettle3. : hedge nettle4. : richweed 1* * *
any of various plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, native to the Old World, having opposite leaves and clusters of small reddish or white flowers.[1350-1400; ME]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.