Updated citations for a proposal that was not incorporated into the LEO-dictionary.
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nettle family
noun
Definition of nettle family
: Urticaceae
Urticaceae
plural noun Ur·ti·ca·ce·ae \ ˌərtəˈkāsēˌē \
Definition of Urticaceae
: a family of herbs, shrubs, and trees (order Urticales) including many with stinging hairs and having small monoecious, dioecious, or polygamous apetalous flowers followed by fruits that are usually achenes — see strawberry nettle
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nettle family
noun
1. the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby’s-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
Urticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle family (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)
26. Urticaceae Jussieu
Nettle Family
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Hamamelididae
Order Urticales
Family Urticaceae – Nettle family
Urticaceae, the nettle family (order Rosales) comprising about 54 genera and 2,625 species of herbs, shrubs, small trees, and a few vines, distributed primarily in tropical regions.
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Unterreich Cormobionta ; Gefäßpflanzen
Abteilung Angiospermae = Magnoliophyta A. Braun & Doell; Bedecktsamer
Klasse Dicotyledonae = Magnoliopsida DC.; Zweikeimblättrige
Unterklasse Hamamelidae Takht.; Zaubernussähnliche
Ordnung Urticales Lindley; Brennesselartige
Familie Urticaceae Juss.; Brennesselgewächse
*Canoo Wörterbuch labels the spelling “Brennessel” as “Alt, nach Reform ungültig”.
Familie: Brennnesselgewächse (Urticaceae)
Brennnesselgewächse, Urticaceae
Urticaceae / Brennnesselgewächse (Nesselgewächse)
G. Habermehl (Springer-Verlag, Mar 13, 2013), S. 62:
Urticaceae Nesselgewächse
Urticaceae - Nesselgewächse