1. Any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips
   "Dead nettle is often mistaken for stinging nettle, but lacks the sting"
    
2. Coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States
   "dead nettle has spread throughout the abandoned field";
   - hemp nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit
    
3. Foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome
   "dead nettle spread rapidly through the untended garden";
   - hedge nettle, Stachys sylvatica
    
4. A plant of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves
   "dead nettle thrived in the damp, shaded areas of the forest floor";
   - richweed, clearweed, Pilea pumilla

Derived forms: dead nettles

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, nettle

Part of: Galeopsis, genus Galeopsis, genus Lamium, genus Pilea, genus Stachys, Lamium, Pilea, Stachys

Encyclopedia: Dead nettle