URTICACEOUS

Etymology

Adjective

urticaceous (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, Urticaceae, of which the nettle is the type.

Source: Wiktionary


Ur`ti*ca"ceous, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceæ) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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