n 1  :  any plant of the genus Urtica (family Urticaceae, the nettle family)  2  :  any of various prickly or stinging plants other than one of the genus Urtica .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  na·tal   needle  ni·dal  nod·al 
 
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