Tread-softly

2 definitions found

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

  Tread-softly \Tread"-soft`ly\, n. (Bot.)
     Spurge nettle. See under {Nettle}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  tread-softly
       n : a stinging herb of tropical America [syn: {spurge nettle}, {devil
           nettle}, {pica-pica}, {Cnidoscolus urens}, {Jatropha
           urens}, {Jatropha stimulosus}]