ROMAN NETTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Roman nettle mean? 

• ROMAN NETTLE (noun)
  The noun ROMAN NETTLE has 1 sense:

1. annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers

  Familiarity information: ROMAN NETTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROMAN NETTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Roman nettle; Urtica pipulifera

Hypernyms ("Roman nettle" 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 ("Roman nettle" is a member of...):

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