Stachys

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
     OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[aum]lde, Sw.
     n[aum]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp
     hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
     {Urtica gracilis} is common in the Northern, and {Urtica


     chamaedryoides} in the Southern, United States. The common
     European species, {Urtica urens} and {Urtica dioica}, are
     also found in the Eastern united States. {Urtica pilulifera}
     is the Roman nettle of England.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
           to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
  
     {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
        {Laportea} (as {Laportea gigas} and {Laportea moroides});
        -- also called {nettle tree}.
  
     {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See
        under {Hemp}.
  
     {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of
        {Lamium}.
  
     {False nettle} ({Baehmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in
        the United States, and related to the true nettles.
  
     {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}.
  
     {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}.
  
     {nettle tree}.
     (a) Same as {Hackberry}.
     (b) See {Australian nettle} (above).
  
     {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
        family ({Jatropha urens}).
  
     {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings
        severely, and is related to the true nettles.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
        used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
  
     {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
        effects of whipping with nettles.
  
     {Sea nettle} (Zool.), a medusa.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Stachys
       n : large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or
           shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical
           Australasia [syn: {genus Stachys}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Stachys
     spike; an ear of corn, a convert at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom.
     16:9).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Stachys, spike or ear of corn