Urticaceous

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

  Urticaceous \Ur`ti*ca"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
     Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Urticaceae}) of plants,
     of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the
     hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.
     [1913 Webster]