URTICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Urtica mean? 

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

1. a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• URTICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Urtica; Urtica

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)

 Context examples 

Therapy based on plant-derived preparations which include the following: Individual herbs - Ginkgo biloba, Hypericum, Garlic, Ginseng, Echinacea, Saw palmetto, Urtica diocia (nettle), Kava kava, Hawthorne, Witch Hazel, Bilberry, Ginger, Aloe vera, Capsicum, Feverfew, Green tea, Tee Tree oil, Licorice root, Yohimbe, Valerian, Bee Pollen, Cat's Claw, Evening Primrose, Dong Quai, Fenugreek, Marshmallow, Psyllium, Turmeric.

(Botanical Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)