stinging nettle

American  

noun

stinging nettles plural

1. a bristly, stinging Eurasian nettle, Urtica dioica, naturalized in North America, having forked clusters of greenish flowers, the young foliage sometimes cooked and eaten like spinach by the Scots.

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stinging nettle British  

noun

1. See nettle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• stinging nettles
  plural

Etymology

Origin of stinging nettle

First recorded in 1515–25

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

stinging nettle

There’s also a less pervasive threat, stinging nettle.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

Some of the options include boswellia, turmeric, ginger, ashwagandha, stinging nettle, MSM and SAMe.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

On the side of the road, he got a stinging nettle rash.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2019

After the initial diagnosis, yachaks rub their patient's body with herbs, including stinging nettle, known across the Andes for its cleansing properties.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2012

Pull it up like a weed; drop it on the rubbish heap as if it were a stinging nettle; and let some harmonious thought grow in its place.

From The Joyful Heart by Schauffler, Robert Haven