Hedge nettle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere
    Stachys palustris.
  2. noun foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome
    dead nettle; Stachys sylvatica.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.

Webster 1913