stinging nettle

English Thesaurus

1. perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	nettle,
definition	:	any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus urtica, urtica,
definition	:	a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax (noun.plant)