What Does the Term Gimmer Mean?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 chiefly Scottish : a yearling female sheep : a two-tooth ewe. 2 dialectal, British : a woman friend : crony.

What does Urtica mean?

Noun. 1. Urtica - a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax. genus Urtica. dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination.

Where did the word urticaria come from?

Urticaria, the medical term for hives, points the finger at nettles, at least etymologically: it comes from the Latin word urtica, meaning "nettle." Urtica itself is related to the Latin verb urere, meaning "to burn," a nod to the stinging hairs many species of nettle possess.