Noun: tread-softly
- A stinging herb of tropical America
"The spurge nettle's painful sting earned it the name tread-softly"; "The devil nettle's painful sting earned it the name tread-softly"; "The pica-pica's painful sting earned it the name tread-softly"; "The Cnidoscolus urens's painful sting earned it the name tread-softly"; "The Jatropha urens's painful sting earned it the name tread-softly";
- spurge nettle, devil nettle, pica-pica, Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens, Jatropha stimulosus
Derived forms: tread-softlies
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: Cnidoscolus, genus Cnidoscolus
Encyclopedia: Tread-softly