HEDGE NETTLE


Meaning of HEDGE NETTLE in English

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.

[ 1670-80 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .