HEDGE NETTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hedge nettle mean? 

• HEDGE NETTLE (noun)
  The noun HEDGE NETTLE has 2 senses:

1. perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere

2. foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome

  Familiarity information: HEDGE NETTLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEDGE NETTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hedge nettle; Stachys palustris

Hypernyms ("hedge nettle" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("hedge nettle" is a member of...):

genus Stachys; Stachys (large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dead nettle; hedge nettle; Stachys sylvatica

Hypernyms ("hedge nettle" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("hedge nettle" is a member of...):

genus Stachys; Stachys (large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia)