Medical Dictionary

urtica

noun ur·ti·ca \ˈərt-i-kə\

Medical Definition of URTICA

1
capitalized :  a genus (the type of the family Urticaceae) of widely distributed plants comprising the nettles and having leaves with stinging hairs and small greenish flowers
2
:  nettle 1

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