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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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Origin of hedge nettle
First recorded in 1670–80
Words nearby hedge nettle
hedgehog cactus, hedgehop, hedge hyssop, hedge laying, hedge mustard, hedge nettle, hedge one's bets, hedger, hedgerow, hedge-school, hedge sparrow
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