URTICACEOUS Definition & Meaning

urticaceous

[ ur-ti-key-shuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

urticaceous

/ ˌɜː��ɪˈ��ɪʃə�� /

of, relating to, or belonging to the Urticaceae, a family of plants, having small flowers and, in many species, stinging hairs: includes the nettles and pellitory

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1830–40; < New Latin Urticace ( ae ) ( Urtic ( a ) the type genus ( Latin �ܰ��ī�� nettle) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

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C18: via New Latin from Latin �ܰ��ī�� nettle, from ū�� to burn

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Cann′abin, a resin obtained from the plant Cannabis Indica; Cann′abis, a genus of urticaceous plants, yielding bhang.

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