hemp nettle

hemp nettle
    n 1: coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers
         and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed
         in United States [syn: {hemp nettle}, {dead nettle},
         {Galeopsis tetrahit}]
    

Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
   OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[aum]lde, Sw.
   n[aum]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
   A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp
   hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
   {Urtica gracilis} is common in the Northern, and {Urtica
   chamaedryoides} in the Southern, United States. The common
   European species, {Urtica urens} and {Urtica dioica}, are
   also found in the Eastern united States. {Urtica pilulifera}
   is the Roman nettle of England.
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   Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
         to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:

   {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
      {Laportea} (as {Laportea gigas} and {Laportea moroides});
      -- also called {nettle tree}.

   {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See
      under {Hemp}.

   {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of
      {Lamium}.

   {False nettle} ({Baehmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in
      the United States, and related to the true nettles.

   {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}.

   {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}.

   {nettle tree}.
   (a) Same as {Hackberry}.
   (b) See {Australian nettle} (above).

   {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
      family ({Jatropha urens}).

   {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings
      severely, and is related to the true nettles.
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   {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
      used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.

   {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
      effects of whipping with nettles.

   {Sea nettle} (Zool.), a medusa.
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Hemp \Hemp\ (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin
   to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
   Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
   cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from
   some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine},
   {Canvas}.]
   1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({Cannabis
      sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for
      making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to
      various other plants yielding fiber.
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   2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
      spinning. The name has also been extended to various
      fibers resembling the true hemp.
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   {African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and
      {Bowstring}.

   {Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}.

   {Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}),
      the fiber of which was used by the Indians.

   {Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
      ({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset.
      

   {Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({Galeopsis
      Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.

   {Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a.

   {Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}.

   {Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and
      Yucatan.

   {Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
      ({Crotalaria juncea}).

   {Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}),
      related to the amaranth.
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