deadnettleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

By surface analysis, dead +‎ nettle. Compare Dutch dovenetel, German Taubnessel, North Frisian Duufnäädel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdɛdnɛtəl/

名詞

deadnettle (plural deadnettles)

1. Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs.
   • 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 12:

     After studying the book for several minutes, he began to assemble a weird collection of plants and herbs on the floor in front of him. Hemlock and foxglove, ivy and deadnettle, henbane and marigold[.]

派生語

• deadnettle leaf beetle

参照

• deadnettle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lamium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lamium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons