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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, of or pertaining to the Urticaceæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceæ) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to a natural order Urticaceae of plants, of which the nettle is the type.

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