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    URTICA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A nettle yielding fiber resembling flaxplay

    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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