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Definition of dead-nettle in English: dead-nettlenoun A Eurasian and North African plant of the mint family, with leaves that resemble those of a nettle but lack stinging hairs. Lamium and related genera, family Labiatae: several species, including the common white dead-nettle (L. album) Example sentencesExamples - In the past red and white dead-nettles have been cooked like spinach but they're probably don't come into the gourmet class as they've also been used in making pig-swill.
- A few have had minor usage in herbal medicine (such as Lamium album; white dead-nettle).
- Stronger than flax, fiber from white dead-nettle was also spun into fishing nets by North American Indians, through a process of decay rather than retting.
- The flowering of daffodils and white dead-nettles has been observed at Christmas, and in parts of Scotland people now cut their grass in winter.
- Red dead-nettle is common in cereals where it has benefited from the control of more competitive weeds.
Definition of dead-nettle in US English: dead-nettlenounˈdɛdˌnɛdlˈdedˌnedl An Old World plant of the mint family, with leaves that resemble those of a nettle but lack stinging hairs. Lamium and related genera, family Labiatae: several species, including the common white dead-nettle (L. album) Example sentencesExamples - In the past red and white dead-nettles have been cooked like spinach but they're probably don't come into the gourmet class as they've also been used in making pig-swill.
- The flowering of daffodils and white dead-nettles has been observed at Christmas, and in parts of Scotland people now cut their grass in winter.
- A few have had minor usage in herbal medicine (such as Lamium album; white dead-nettle).
- Stronger than flax, fiber from white dead-nettle was also spun into fishing nets by North American Indians, through a process of decay rather than retting.
- Red dead-nettle is common in cereals where it has benefited from the control of more competitive weeds.
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