deadnettle
nounUK /ˈdɛdnɛtəl/
Etymology By surface analysis, dead + nettle. Compare Dutch dovenetel, German Taubnessel, North Frisian Duufnäädel.
1
Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs.
- After studying the book for several minutes, he began to assemble a weird collection of plants and herbs on the floor in front of him. Hemlock and foxglove, ivy and deadnettle, henbane and marigold[.]1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 12:
- Derived terms
- deadnettle leaf beetle