URTICA DIOICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Urtica dioica mean? 

• URTICA DIOICA (noun)
  The noun URTICA DIOICA has 1 sense:

1. perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs

  Familiarity information: URTICA DIOICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URTICA DIOICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

stinging nettle; Urtica dioica

Hypernyms ("Urtica dioica" 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 ("Urtica dioica" is a member of...):

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