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urtica

noun
a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax 
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Main Entry: ur·ti·ca
Pronunciation: '&rt-i-k&
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a genus (the type of the familyUrticaceae) of widely distributed plants comprising the nettles with opposite stipulate leaves with stinging hairs and small greenish flowers having the parts in groups or multiples of four
2 : NETTLE 1
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