nettle
noun
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
nettle-like
-
a word derived from
nettle.
Example Sentences
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I’m intrigued by the tension in Jake Skeet’s poem: Its title juxtaposes love with death, and its rhythms press against the nettle-like images.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
The dead Nettles are so named as having no sting, but possessing nettle-like leaves.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
It is called by some the Hedge Dead Nettle, from its nettle-like leaves, and the place of its growth.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
In the lower grounds are a variety of weedy bushes, and open waste places are covered everywhere with a nettle-like wild mint.
From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Alfred Russel Wallace
The husk is densely covered with nettle-like bristles, which are quite irritating to tender hands.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller
