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deadnettle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɛdnɛtəl/ (UK)

Etymology

By surface analysis, dead + nettle; cognate to German Totnessel. Compare Dutch dovenetel, German Taubnessel, North Frisian Duufnäädel (all of which are literally "deaf-nettle").

Meanings

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

Deriveds

deadnettle leaf beetle

Translations (28)

ro urzică moartă (plant of the genus Lamium) · ru ясно́тка (plant of the genus Lamium) · gl chuchamel (plant of the genus Lamium) · nl dovenetel (plant of the genus Lamium) · lt notrelė (plant of the genus Lamium) · la lamium (plant of the genus Lamium) · rsk глуха покрива (plant of the genus Lamium) · cy marddanadl (plant of the genus Lamium) · fi peippi (plant of the genus Lamium) · nn tvitann (plant of the genus Lamium) · ga neantóg chaoch (plant of the genus Lamium) · he נִזְמִית (plant of the genus Lamium) · de Taubnessel (plant of the genus Lamium) · hy խուլ եղինջ (plant of the genus Lamium) · hu árvacsalán (plant of the genus Lamium) · sv plister (plant of the genus Lamium) · bg мъртва коприва (plant of the genus Lamium) · cs hluchavka (plant of the genus Lamium) · ca ortiga morta (plant of the genus Lamium) · ga caochneantóg (plant of the genus Lamium) · nb tvitann (plant of the genus Lamium) · ro sugel (plant of the genus Lamium) · nb tvetann (plant of the genus Lamium) · tr ballıbaba (plant of the genus Lamium) · gv ard-firryn (plant of the genus Lamium) · pl jasnota (plant of the genus Lamium) · it falsa ortica (plant of the genus Lamium) · fr lamier (plant of the genus Lamium)