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‖ urtica|ˈɜːtɪkə, ɜːˈtaɪkə|
[L. urtīca nettle (whence It. ortica, Sp. ortiga, Pg. urtiga):—ūrĕre to burn.]
†1. = sea-nettle. Obs. rare.
a1682Sir T. Browne Norf. Fishes Wks. 1835 IV. 333 Sea stars in great plenty,..whether they be bred out of the urticas [printed urticus], squalders, or sea jellies, as many report, we cannot confirm. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v., The Urtica..is obliged to throw out the shell fish alive again.
2. (With capital initial.) A genus of apetalous plants, typical of the Nat. Order Urticaceæ, including the true nettles; also, a plant of this, a stinging-nettle.
The original stressing urˈtica (cf. quots. 1764–89) is retained in some modern dictionaries. Ash (1775), however, gives ˈurtica, and this is usual in Dicts. from 1888–.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Urtica, the Nettle, an Herb so call'd because it raises Blisters. 1764Grainger Sugar Cane ii. 505 The fring'd urtica spreads her purple form To catch the gale. 1789E. Darwin Bot. Gard. ii. 103 Wide o'er the mad'ning throng Urtica flings Her barbed shafts. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 163/1 The Nettle-trees..having leaves resembling those of some kinds of Urtica. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 489 Certain species of urtica or nettle. |