urticaceous

Related to urticaceous: Urticaceae

urticaceous

(ˌɜːtɪˈkeɪʃəs) adj (Botany) of, relating to, or belonging to the Urticaceae, a family of plants, having small flowers and, in many species, stinging hairs: includes the nettles and pellitory[C18: via New Latin from Latin urtīca nettle, from ūrere to burn]