WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hedge′ net′tle,
- Plant Biologya slender-leafed, hairy plant, Stachys palustris, of the mint family, abundant along roadsides and in fields and marshes, having clusters of tubular, purple flowers on a spike.
- Plant Biologyany similar, related plant, esp. S. hispida, of wet places.
- 1670–80