genus urtica

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   a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax

   SynonymsUrtica

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofUrticaceae

Questions about genus urtica

What does genus urtica mean?

genus urtica means "a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax".

What is another word for genus urtica?

Close synonyms include Urtica. 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 genus urtica a common word?

genus urtica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.