stinging nettle

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of stinging nettle

First recorded in 1515–25

Example Sentences

“I also pinch myself or put Deep Heat on so it burns. In trail races I deliberately run through stinging nettles.”

From BBC

The thieves came in the middle of the night with wire cutters, snipping through the fence and trampling through a brush of stinging nettle.

From Los Angeles Times

But the khobeza is starting to run out, he said, so he now lives off a soup made from hot water and stinging nettles.

From Seattle Times

There are so many curative properties of stinging nettles.

From Salon

A: The scientific name for stinging nettle is Urtica dioica.

From Seattle Times