(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:12:48

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

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) 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.

 

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