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PRONUNCIATION OF DEAD-NETTLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAD-NETTLE

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Dead-Nettle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEAD-NETTLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lamium

Lamium is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which it is the type genus. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, and north Africa, but several have become very successful weeds of crop fields and are now widely naturalised across the temperate world.

Definition of dead-nettle in the English dictionary

The definition of dead-nettle in the dictionary is any Eurasian plant of the genus Lamium, such as L. alba, having leaves resembling nettles but lacking stinging hairs: family Lamiaceae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD-NETTLE

dead wire
dead zone
dead-and-alive
dead-ball line
dead-cat bounce
dead-end
dead-end job
dead-end street
dead-letter office
dead-smooth file
dead-stroke
dead-tree
deadbeat
deadbolt
deadboy
deaden
deadener
deadening
deadeningly
deader

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD-NETTLE

battle
bottle
ettle
fettle
fish kettle
grasp the nettle
hemp nettle
horse nettle
kettle
little
mettle
nettle
on one´s mettle
pettle
presettle
resettle
settle
stinging nettle
teakettle
unsettle

Synonyms and antonyms of dead-nettle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dead-nettle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD-NETTLE

Find out the translation of dead-nettle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dead-nettle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dead-nettle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死荨麻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

muerto - ortiga
570 millions of speakers

English

dead-nettle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मृत बिछुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الميت نبات القراص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

яснотки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mortos -provocação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত বিছুটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lamier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nettle mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Taubnessel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

デッドイラクサ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽은 쐐기풀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati nettle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chết cây tầm ma
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த-தொட்டால் எரிச்சலூட்டுகிற ஒருவகை செடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत-चिडवणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ısırgan otu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dead- ortica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jasnota
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

яснотки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mort - urzica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκρός - τσουκνίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dovenetel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dead- nässla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dead- nesle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead-nettle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD-NETTLE»

The term «dead-nettle» is normally little used and occupies the 128.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD-NETTLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead-nettle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD-NETTLE»

Discover the use of dead-nettle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead-nettle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Perennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for ...
'WHITE NANCY* SPOTTED DEAD NETTLE Lamium macuhituni 'White Nancy' ONE PERENNIAL STANDS OUT ABOVE ALL OTHERS as a groundcover that reflects and injects light into otherwise solemn, shady places in the garden — ' White ...
Jeff Cox, 2002
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Dead-Nettle (Inspector Thomas Brunt 3) (Bello)
And I'm sorry to say that I think that Dead Nettle Drift is the least friendly gift he could ever have laid in your way.' 'That's still to be determined.' 'As you please. I would give anything to be wrong about it. But you'll nothold itagainst me ifIsee ...
John Buxton Hilton, 2012
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Southern Shade: A Plant Selection Guide
lamium maculatum Also sold as spotted dead nettle, lamium GETTING ACQUAINTED Evergreen groundcover 6 inches tall; spreading Green or variegated foliage; white, pink, or purple flowers in spring Moderate to rapid rate of growth Good ...
Jo Kellum, 2008
4
Discover Nature in the Garden: Things to Know and Things to Do
PURPLE DEAD NETTLE Lom/um purpureum, of the mint family, naturalized in North America from Europe. This mint doesn't smell minty, but musky and bitter. If you look closely, however, you'll see that purple dead nettle has all the ...
Jim Conrad, 1996
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A Modern Herbal: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and ...
The HENBIT DEAD-NETTLE (l.amium am- plexicaule, Linn.), a small annual, fairly common on cultivated and waste ground, is not unlike the Purple Dead- Nettie, but somewhat lighter and more graceful. Its fine, deep rose-coloured flowers ...
Maud Grieve, 1971
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A Wiccan Formulary and Herbal
Nettle, Purple Dead—Lamium purpureum Also known as Archangel, Purple Archangel, Dead Nettle MEDICAL: Diaphoretic. Served as tea. PARTS USED: Flowers, Leaves Nettle, White Dead—Lamium album Also known as Archangel, Bee ...
A. J. Drew, 2004
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The Complete Plant Selection Guide for Landscape Design
JOHNSWORT Aaronsbeard/Creeping St. Johnswort DEAD NETTLE Spotted Dead Nettle Golden Dead Nettle Beacon's Silver Dead Nettle Beedham's White Dead Nettle Pink Pewter Dead Nettle Shell Pink Dead Nettle White Nancy Dead  ...
Marc C. Stoecklein, 2001
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Let's Get Natural with Herbs
Nettle, Dead (net 1, ded) (Lamium album) Synonyms/Related Species: Archangel , Bee Nettle, Blind Nettle, Henbit Dead Nettle (lamium amplexicaule), Hungary Dead Nettle (lamium pannonicum), Purple Archangel, Purple Dead Nettle ...
Debra Rayburn, 2007
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Dead-Nettle
This time, a newcomer to a Derbyshire village has been brutally murdered on the moors, and the obvious suspect is Lomas the miner who took her off to his remote Dead-Nettle mine workings. Brunt, however, does not trust the obvious.
John Buxton Hilton, 2012
10
A Glossary of Devonshire Plant Names
LAMINARIA SACCHARINA, Lam. +Honey-ware, Riband-weed, Sea Belt. LAMIUM. Archangel, Dead Nettle, Dea Nettle. LAMIUM ALBUM, L. +Archangel, Archangel (White), Bee-nettle, Blind Nettle, Day Nettle, Dead Nettle, Dead Nettle (White), ...
Hilderic Friend, 1886

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD-NETTLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dead-nettle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bloomin' Marvellous: the 8 common wildflowers in Lincolnshire
The common weed, which you may find hiding in your garden or lawn, is a member of the dead-nettle family. Ground-ivy is an evergreen, ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jun 15»
2
Going with the flow
Clumps of white and red dead-nettle and yellow archangel blend into a Venn diagram of mint-family siblings. Pairs of great tits tumble together ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
3
Wayside's everlasting archangel blooms still, even as the days draw in
White dead-nettle was used to ward off witchcraft yet also served to ... In a hedge bank along the lane, the white dead-nettle is still in flower. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
4
An ant orgy
At the edge of our garden path, under plants of red dead-nettle, the black ants were spilling out of the nest in a chaotic mass. It appeared ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
5
Weeds and wisdom in the Middle Ages
I always let some red dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) flower, too, because it's such a good early bee plant. Weather and weeds. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
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Alys Fowler: dead-nettles
I have been harbouring an errant patch of dead-nettles, Lamium album, in my garden. It came of its own accord and I decided to let it stay. «The Guardian, Aug 13»
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Britain Tries (Again) to Re-Introduce Extinct Bees
So the healthy queens will be released and able to forage on white dead-nettle, comfrey, yellow flag iris and ground ivy. This year's spring has ... «Scientific American, Jun 13»

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