stinging hair

stinging hair

n (Botany) a multicellular hair in plants, such as the stinging nettle, that injects an irritant fluid when in contact with an animal

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stinging hair - a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluidfuzz, tomentum, hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"