dead nettle

dead nettle

n. Any of several weedy plants of the genus Lamium in the mint family, native to Eurasia and northern Africa and having clusters of small, usually purplish flowers with two lips.

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[So called because it looks like a nettle but does not sting.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dead nettle - foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizomeStachys sylvatica, hedge nettleherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Stachys, Stachys - large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia
	2.	dead nettle - any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lipsherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Lamium, Lamium - genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbitsLamium album, white dead nettle - European dead nettle with white flowershenbit, Lamium amplexicaule - Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers
	3.	dead nettle - coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United StatesGaleopsis tetrahit, hemp nettleherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsGaleopsis, genus Galeopsis - erect annual European herbs
	4.	dead nettle - a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leavesclearweed, Pilea pumilla, richweednettle - any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)genus Pilea, Pilea - low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage