Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stachys"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Stachys
spike; an ear of corn, a convert at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom.
16:9).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n["a]lde, Sw. n["a]ssla;
cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp
hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
{Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U.
cham[ae]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common
European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found
in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman
nettle of England.

Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:

{Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
{Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also
called {nettle tree}.

{Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See
under {Hemp}.

{Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of
{Lamium}.

{False nettle} ({B[ae]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in
the United States, and related to the true nettles.

{Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}.

{Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}.

{nettle tree}.
(a) Same as {Hackberry}.
(b) See {Australian nettle} (above).

{Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
family ({Jatropha urens}).

{Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings
severely, and is related to the true nettles.

{Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.

{Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
effects of whipping with nettles.

{Sea nettle} (Zo["o]l.), a medusa.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Stachys
n : large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or
shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical
Australasia [syn: {Stachys}, {genus Stachys}]


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