urtica

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Urtica
    n 1: a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax [syn: {Urtica},
         {genus Urtica}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Urtica \Ur*ti"ca\, n. [L., a nettle.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants including the common nettles. See {Nettle},
   n.
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