hedge nettle

Questions about hedge nettle

What does hedge nettle mean?

hedge nettle means "perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hedge nettle?

Close synonyms include Stachys palustris, dead nettle, Stachys sylvatica. 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 hedge nettle a common word?

hedge nettle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.