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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nettle  \Net"tle\,  n.  [AS.  netele;  akin  to  D.  netel,  G.  nessel, 
  OHG.  nezz["i]la,  nazza,  Dan.  nelde,  n["a]lde,  Sw  n["a]ssla; 
  cf  Lith.  notere.]  (Bot.) 
  A  plant  of  the  genus  {Urtica},  covered  with  minute  sharp 
  hairs  containing  a  poison  that  produces  a  stinging  sensation. 
  {Urtica  gracitis}  is  common  in  the  Northern,  and  {U. 
  cham[ae]dryoides}  in  the  Southern,  United  States.  the  common 
  European  species,  {U.  urens}  and  {U.  dioica},  are  also  found 
  in  the  Eastern  united  States.  {U.  pilulifera}  is  the  Roman 
  nettle  of  England. 
 
  Note:  The  term  nettle  has  been  given  to  many  plants  related 
  to  or  to  some  way  resembling,  the  true  nettle;  as: 
 
  {Australian  nettle},  a  stinging  tree  or  shrub  of  the  genus 
  {Laportea}  (as  {L.  gigas}  and  {L.  moroides});  --  also 
  called  {nettle  tree}. 
 
  {Bee  nettle},  {Hemp  nettle},  a  species  of  {Galeopsis}.  See 
  under  {Hemp}. 
 
  {Blind  nettle},  {Dead  nettle},  a  harmless  species  of 
  {Lamium}. 
 
  {False  nettle}  ({B[ae]hmeria  cylindrica}),  a  plant  common  in 
  the  United  States,  and  related  to  the  true  nettles. 
 
  {Hedge  nettle},  a  species  of  {Stachys}.  See  under  {Hedge}. 
 
  {Horse  nettle}  ({Solanum  Carolinense}).  See  under  {Horse}. 
 
  {nettle  tree}. 
  a  Same  as  {Hackberry}. 
  b  See  {Australian  nettle}  (above). 
 
  {Spurge  nettle},  a  stinging  American  herb  of  the  Spurge 
  family  ({Jatropha  urens}). 
 
  {Wood  nettle},  a  plant  ({Laportea  Canadensis})  which  stings 
  severely,  and  is  related  to  the  true  nettles. 
 
  {Nettle  cloth},  a  kind  of  thick  cotton  stuff,  japanned,  and 
  used  as  a  substitute  for  leather  for  various  purposes. 
 
  {Nettle  rash}  (Med.),  an  eruptive  disease  resembling  the 
  effects  of  whipping  with  nettles. 
 
  {Sea  nettle}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  medusa. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Stachys 
  n  :  large  genus  of  usually  woolly  or  hairy  herbs  or  subshrubs  or 
  shrubs;  temperate  eastern  hemisphere;  tropical 
  Australasia  [syn:  {Stachys},  {genus  Stachys}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Stachys 
  spike;  an  ear  of  corn,  a  convert  at  Rome  whom  Paul  salutes  (Rom. 
  16:9). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Stachys,  spike  or  ear  of  corn




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