dead nettle

Questions about dead nettle

What does dead nettle mean?

dead nettle means "foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for dead nettle?

Close synonyms include hedge nettle, Stachys sylvatica, hemp nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit, richweed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dead nettle a common word?

dead nettle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.