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Noun: nettle family  'ne-t(u)l 'fa-mu-lee
  1. A family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
    - Urticaceae, family Urticaceae

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: order Urticales, Urticales

Encyclopedia: Nettle family