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deadnettle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈdɛdnɛtəl/
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noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, dead + nettle. Compare Dutch dovenetel, German Taubnessel, North Frisian Duufnäädel.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: խուլ եղինջ (xul eġinǰ) — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Bulgarian: мъртва коприва (mǎrtva kopriva) — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Catalan: ortiga morta — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Czech: hluchavka — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Dutch: dovenetel — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Finnish: peippi — plant of the genus Lamium
  • French: lamier — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Galician: chuchamel — plant of the genus Lamium
  • German: Taubnessel — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Hebrew: נִזְמִית (nizmít) — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Hungarian: árvacsalán — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Irish: caochneantóg — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Irish: neantóg chaoch — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Italian: falsa ortica — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Latin: lamium — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Lithuanian: notrelė — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Manx: ard-firryn — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tvetann — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tvitann — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tvitann — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Pannonian Rusyn: глуха покрива (hluxa pokriva) — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Polish: jasnota — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Romanian: sugel — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Romanian: urzică moartă — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Russian: ясно́тка (jasnótka) — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Swedish: plister — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Turkish: ballıbaba — plant of the genus Lamium
  • Welsh: marddanadl — plant of the genus Lamium