The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tread-softly
Tread-softly \Tread"-soft`ly\, n. (Bot.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
Wiktionary
tread-softly
n. 1 (taxlink Cnidoscolus stimulosus species noshow=1), the spurge nettle. 2 (taxlink Solanum carolinense species noshow=1), the Carolina horsenettle.
WordNet
tread-softly
n. a stinging herb of tropical America [syn: spurge nettle, devil nettle, pica-pica, Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens, Jatropha stimulosus]