Definition of "dead-nettle" []

• The common name of labiate plants of the genus Lamium, the leaves of which resemble those of the nettle, though they do not sting. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "There is also a small nymph, which is black and cream, and an adult pied shieldbug, which is black and white: it is as if it is watching over its offspring – tiny orange-coloured nymphs that are in the flowers of the white dead-nettle."
• "They are among the earliest of bees on the wing in spring, waiting only for plants such as lungwort and red dead-nettle to come into flower."
• "On either side of this bridge, vehicles were drawn over to the strip of white dead-nettle that served as the verge."