ROMAN NETTLE

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Meaning:

Annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers

Synonyms:

Roman nettle; Urtica pipulifera

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Roman 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 ("Roman nettle" is a member of...):

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

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