| Noun | 1. | dead nettle - foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizomeherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Stachys, Stachys - large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia | |
| 2. | dead nettle - any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lipsherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | |
| 3. | dead nettle - coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United Statesherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | |
| 4. | dead nettle - a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leavesnettle - any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) genus Pilea, Pilea - low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage | |