hedge nettle


noun
  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, especially S. hispida, of wet places.

Origin of hedge nettle

1
First recorded in 1670–80

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