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hedge nettle

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noun

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.
any similar, related plant, especially S. hispida, of wet places.

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Nearby words

  1. hedge fund,
  2. hedge garlic,
  3. hedge hyssop,
  4. hedge laying,
  5. hedge mustard,
  6. hedge one's bets,
  7. hedge sparrow,
  8. hedge-school,
  9. hedgehog,
  10. hedgehog cactus

Origin of hedge nettle

First recorded in 1670–80
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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