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Nettle :: Nettle (n.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England..

Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..

Uredo :: Uredo (n.) Nettle rash. See Urticaria.

Ulmaceous :: Ulmaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type..

Urtical :: Urtical (a.) Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.

Urticaceous :: Urticaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) 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..

Wheal :: Wheal (n.) Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria..

Urticaria :: Urticaria (n.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo..

Urticated :: Urticated (imp. & p. p.) of Urticat.

Urtication :: Urtication (n.) The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

Urticating :: Urticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Urticat.

Urtica :: Urtica (n.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n..

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