noun
a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
• Syn: ↑Urticaceae, ↑nettle family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Urticales, ↑order Urticales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Urtica, ↑genus Urtica, ↑Boehmeria, ↑genus Boehmeria, ↑Helxine, ↑genus Helxine, ↑Soleirolia, ↑genus Soleirolia, ↑Laportea, ↑genus Laportea, ↑Parietaria, ↑genus Parietaria, ↑Pilea, ↑genus Pilea, ↑Pipturus, ↑genus Pipturus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.