English

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Stinging-nettle hair.

Etymology

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Latin urtica (nettle) +‎ -oid.

Adjective

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urticoid (comparative more urticoid, superlative most urticoid)

  1. (mycology) (Especially of a cystidium) shaped like a stinging-nettle hair (with a long straight pointed section and a swollen base).