stinging nettle

noun

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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Origin of stinging nettle

First recorded in 1515–25

Words nearby stinging nettle

sting, stingaree, stinger, stinging capsule, stinging hair, stinging nettle, stinging tree, stingless bee, stingo, stingray, stingy
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British Dictionary definitions for stinging nettle

stinging nettle

noun

See nettle (def. 1)
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