'n.Yks.'w.Yks.'; dead- Cum.'; dee- Cum.' w. Yks.^ deea- Cum.' n.Yks.'^; deye Nhb.' [dr-, dia--, de--netl.] A name given to van species of nettle : (i) the purple dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum (sw. Cum. w.Yks.'^ Won) ; (2) the white dead-nettle, L. album (Nhb. Cum.' w.Yks.' Shr.') ; (3) the wild hemp-nettle, Galeopsis Tetrahit (N.Cy.' Nhb.' n.Yks.'
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