dead nettle
any of various plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, native to the Old World, having opposite leaves and clusters of small reddish or white flowers.
Origin of dead nettle
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How to use dead nettle in a sentence
A curious dark blue dead-nettle (Dracocephalum speciosum) was found on dry ground at the same altitude.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryBut the yellow dead–nettle is the most interesting; it gives so useful a lesson in practical botany.
Country Rambles, and Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers | Leo H. GrindonOur common henbit dead-nettle (Lamium amplexicaule) produces cleistogamic flowers, as do also some orchids.
Darwinism (1889) | Alfred Russel WallaceBut the nettle here referred to was probably the stingless dead-nettle.
Fresh Fields | John BurroughsIts flowers resemble the scales in colour, and the dead-nettle in shape.
The Evolutionist at Large | Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for dead-nettle
any Eurasian plant of the genus Lamium, such as L. alba (white dead-nettle), having leaves resembling nettles but lacking stinging hairs: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
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