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English noun: dead nettle

1. dead nettle (plant) foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome


Synonymshedge nettle, Stachys sylvatica


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Member meronymgenus Stachys, Stachys

2. dead nettle (plant) any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Narrower (hyponym)henbit, Lamium album, Lamium amplexicaule, white dead nettle


Member meronymgenus Lamium, Lamium

3. dead nettle (plant) coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States


SynonymsGaleopsis tetrahit, hemp nettle


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Member meronymGaleopsis, genus Galeopsis

4. dead nettle (plant) a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves


Synonymsclearweed, Pilea pumilla, richweed


Broader (hypernym)nettle


Member meronymgenus Pilea, Pilea









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