| 1. | a slender-leafed, hairy plant, Stachys palustris, of the mint family, abundant along roadsides and in fields and marshes, having clusters of tubular, purple flowers on a spike. |
| 2. | any similar, related plant, esp. S. hispida, of wet places. |
| hedge nettle | |
noun | |
| 1. | perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere |
| 2. | foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome |