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URTICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax
Synonyms:
genus Urtica; Urtica
Classified under:
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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