dead-nettle


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dead-nettle

n
(Plants) any Eurasian plant of the genus Lamium, such as L. alba (white dead-nettle), having leaves resembling nettles but lacking stinging hairs: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
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dead-nettle

[ˈdedˌnetl] N → ortiga f muerta
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dead-nettle

[ˈdɛdˌnɛtl] n → ortica bianca, lamio
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