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dead nettle

dead nettle is the alternative form of deadnettle.

Meaning of deadnettle

Noun

deadnettle (plural deadnettles)

  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

Forms of dead nettle

pluraldead nettles

Questions about dead nettle

What is dead nettle the alternative form of?
Dead nettle is the alternative form of deadnettle.

Words near dead nettle in the dictionary

  1. dead name
  2. dead named
  3. dead names
  4. dead naming
  5. Dead Negro Draw
  6. dead nettle
  7. Dead Nigger Creek
  8. dead nuts
  9. dead of night
  10. dead of winter
  11. dead oil

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