# urticoid

> English word · Adjective

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

## Etymology
From Latin urtica (“nettle”) + -oid.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/urticoid