Urtica, the Glossary
Urtica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae.[1]
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103 relations: Aaron Hill (writer), Ale, Anansi, Annual plant, Aphid, Arizona, Asceticism, Asia, Aush, Australia, Azores, Banitsa, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bract, Bronze Age, Brothers Grimm, Butterfly, Carl Linnaeus, Caterpillar, Charles Victor Naudin, China, Collioure, Cornish Yarg, Cystolith, Dermatitis, Eurasia, Europe, Fishing net, Flowering plant, France, Genus, Hans Christian Andersen, Herbaceous plant, Herbivore, Hesperocnide, Hesperocnide sandwicensis, Himalayas, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Larva, Latin, Leaf, Lepidoptera, Linen, List of poisonous plants, Macaronesia, Madeira, ... Expand index (53 more) »
- Taxa described in 1753
Aaron Hill (writer)
Aaron Hill (10 February 1685 – 8 February 1750) was an English dramatist and miscellany writer.
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Ale
Ale is a type of beer, brewed using a warm fermentation method.
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Anansi
Anansi or Ananse (literally translates to spider) is an Akan folktale character associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and trickery, most commonly depicted as a spider, in Akan folklore.
Annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies.
Aphid
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea.
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Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
Asceticism
Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals.
Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
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Aush
Aush (آش), sometimes transliterated as ash or āsh, is a variety of thick soup, usually served hot.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Azores
The Azores (Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira).
Banitsa
Banitsa (Bulgarian: баница), also transliterated as banica and banitza, is a traditional pastry made in Bulgaria.
Bhutan
Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and India in the south.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore.
Butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
Charles Victor Naudin
Charles Victor Naudin (14 August 1815 in Autun – 19 March 1899 in Antibes) was a French naturalist and botanist.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Collioure
Collioure (Cotlliure) is a commune in the southern French department of Pyrénées-Orientales.
Cornish Yarg
Cornish Yarg is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese made in Cornwall, England.
Cystolith
Cystolith (Gr. "cavity" and "stone") is a botanical term for outgrowths of the epidermal cell wall, usually of calcium carbonate but sometimes of silicon dioxide also, formed in a cellulose matrix in special cells called lithocysts, generally in the leaf of plants.
Dermatitis
Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin, typically characterized by itchiness, redness and a rash.
Eurasia
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Fishing net
A fishing net is a net used for fishing.
Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author.
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Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.
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Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of nettles containing two species. Urtica and Hesperocnide are Urticaceae genera.
Hesperocnide sandwicensis
Hesperocnide sandwicensis, the Hawai'i stingingnettle, is a rare species of nettle endemic to the island of Hawai'i.
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Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
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Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
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Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths.
Linen
Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.
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List of poisonous plants
Plants that produce toxins and/or cause irritation on contact are referred to as poisonous plants.
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Macaronesia
Macaronesia (Macaronésia; Macaronesia) is a collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of North Africa and Europe.
Madeira
Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other being the Azores.
Maid Maleen
"Maid Maleen" (Jungfrau Maleen) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 198.
Mazandaran province
Mazandaran Province (استان مازندران) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.
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Meditation
Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking," achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.
Mediterranean Basin
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin, also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Milarepa
Jetsun Milarepa (1028/40–1111/23) was a Tibetan siddha, who was famously known as a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple.
Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
Moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.
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Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
Nettle soup
Nettle soup is a traditional soup prepared from stinging nettles.
New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
Northeast China
Northeast China, also historically called Manchuria or Songliao, is a geographical region of China.
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Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world.
Oceanic dispersal
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when terrestrial organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing.
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Omelette
An omelette (also spelled omelet) is a dish made from eggs, fried with butter or oil in a frying pan.
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Perennial
In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.
Plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic.
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Purée
A purée (or mash) is cooked food, usually vegetables, fruits or legumes, that has been ground, pressed, blended or sieved to the consistency of a creamy paste or liquid.
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Retting
Retting is a process employing the action of micro-organisms and moisture on plants to dissolve or rot away much of the cellular tissues and pectins surrounding bast-fibre bundles, facilitating the separation of the fibre from the stem.
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards.
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Sailcloth
Sailcloth is cloth used to make sails.
Scots language
ScotsThe endonym for Scots is Scots.
Siberia
Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
Sicily
Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Synonym (taxonomy)
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
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Syricoris lacunana
Syricoris lacunana, the dark strawberry tortrix, is a small moth species of the family Tortricidae.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Taxon
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
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The Wild Swans
"The Wild Swans" (De vilde svaner) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen.
Tibet
Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.
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Urtica cannabina
Urtica cannabina, the hemp nettle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae.
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Urtica chamaedryoides
Urtica chamaedryoides (commonly called heartleaf nettle) is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae.
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Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Urtica and Urtica dioica are leaf vegetables.
Urtica ferox
Urtica ferox, commonly known as tree nettle and, in Māori, ongaonga, taraonga, taraongaonga, оr okaoka, is a species of nettle endemic to New Zealand.
Urtica fissa
Urtica fissa is an upright perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of China.
Urtica gracilis
Urtica gracilis, commonly known as the slender nettle, tall nettle, or American stinging nettle, is a perennial plant without woody stems that is well known for the unpleasant stinging hairs on its leaves and stems.
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Urtica incisa
Urtica incisa, commonly called scrub nettle, stinging nettle, and tall nettle, is an upright perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of eastern and southern Australia, from the north–east southwards through the east, of Queensland and New South Wales, then across the south, through Victoria, Tasmania, south-eastern South Australia and parts of southern Western Australia. Urtica and Urtica incisa are leaf vegetables.
Urtica lalibertadensis
Urtica lalibertadensis is a species of the genus Urtica.
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Urtica massaica
Urtica massaica is a species of flowering plant in the Urticaceae (nettle family) known by many English names, including Maasai stinging nettle and forest nettle. Urtica and Urtica massaica are leaf vegetables.
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Urtica membranacea
Urtica membranacea is a species of annual herb in the family Urticaceae native to the Mediterranean Basin.
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Urtica pilulifera
Urtica pilulifera, also known as the Roman nettle, is a herbaceous annual flowering plant in the family Urticaceae.
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Urtica thunbergiana
Urtica thunbergiana, also known as the Japanese nettle or hairy nettle, is a species of perennial herbs in the family Urticaceae.
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Urtica urens
Urtica urens, commonly known as annual nettle, dwarf nettle, small nettle, dog nettle, or burning nettle, is a herbaceous annual flowering plant species in the nettle family Urticaceae.
Urtica urentivelutina
Urtica urentivelutina is a species of the genus Urtica.
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Urticaceae
The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants.
Vanessa atalanta
Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable, is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red bands, and white spots.
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See also
Taxa described in 1753
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica
Also known as Nettles (folklore), Nettles in folklore.
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