genus Urtica

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1.genus Urtica - a nettle yielding fiber resembling flaxUrticadicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationfamily Urticaceae, nettle family, Urticaceae - a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairsstinging nettle, Urtica dioica - perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairsRoman nettle, Urtica pipulifera - annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers