Urtica

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 118

ur′ti-ka, n. the genus of nettles, order Urticaceæ .— adjs. Urticā′ceo us , relating to nettles; Ur′tical , pertaining to the nettles.— n. Urticā′ria , nettle-rash, hives.— adjs. Urticā′rial , Urticā′rio us .— v.t. Ur′ticate , to sting, as with nettles.— n. Urticā′tion . [L. urtica , a nettle.]