HyperDic: devil_nettle

English > 1 sense of the expression devil nettle:
NOUNplantdevil nettle, spurge nettle, tread-softly, pica-pica, Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens, Jatropha stimulosusa stinging herb of tropical America
English > devil nettle: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA stinging herb of tropical America.
Synonymsspurge nettle, tread-softly, pica-pica, Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens, Jatropha stimulosus
Member ofCnidoscolus, genus CnidoscolusA genus of perennial plant with bristles
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishpica-pica
Catalanpica-pica

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