Found 3 hits - Term: nettle tree, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nettle \net"tle\, n. as. netele; akin to d. netel, g. nessel,
ohg. nezz"ila, nazza, dan. nelde, naumlde, sw.
naumssla; cf, lith. notere. bot.
a plant of the genus urtica, covered with minute sharp
hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
urtica gracilis is common in the northern, and urtica
chamaedryoides in the southern, united states. the common
european species, urtica urens and urtica dioica, are
also found in the eastern united states. urtica pilulifera
is the roman nettle of england.
1913 webster
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 laportea gigas and laportea 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 baehmeria 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.
1913 webster
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 zool., a medusa.
1913 webster
see also:
urtica urtica gracilis urtica chamaedryoides urtica urens urtica dioica urtica pilulifera
australian nettle laportea laportea gigas laportea moroides nettle tree
bee nettle hemp nettle galeopsis hemp blind nettle
dead nettle lamium false nettle baehmeria cylindrica hedge nettle
stachys hedge horse nettle solanum carolinense horse
hackberry spurge nettle jatropha urens wood nettle laportea canadensis
nettle cloth nettle rash sea nettle
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lote \lote\, n. l. lotus, gr. ?. cf. lotus. bot.
a large tree celtis australis, found in the south of
europe. it has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit.
called also nettle tree. --eng. cyc.
1913 webster
see also:
lotus celtis australis nettle tree
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
nettle tree
n : any of various trees of the genus celtis having
inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits syn: hackberry
see also:
hackberry
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