jatropha urens

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   a stinging herb of tropical America

   Synonymsspurge nettletread-softlydevil nettlepica-picaCnidoscolus urensJatropha stimulosus

   Broaderherb

   Part ofCnidoscolus

Questions about jatropha urens

What does jatropha urens mean?

jatropha urens means "a stinging herb of tropical America".

What is another word for jatropha urens?

Close synonyms include spurge nettle, tread-softly, devil nettle, pica-pica, Cnidoscolus urens. 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 jatropha urens a common word?

jatropha urens 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.