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urtical, a. and n. Bot.|ˈɜːtɪkəl, ɜːˈtaɪkəl| [f. L. urtīc-a urtica + -al1.] 1. adj. Typified by the genus Urtica of stinging-nettles; pertaining or belonging to the sting-nettles.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 258 The plants of the Urtical Alliance. Ibid. 259 Urtical Exogens, with 2-lobed anthers splitting vertically. 2. n. An exogenous plant belonging to the genus Urtica.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 258 Natural Orders of Urticals. Ibid. 273 Euphorbials may be regarded then as a higher form of Urticals. |