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stinging nettle
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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
stingaree, stinger, stinginess, stinging capsule, stinging hair, stinging nettle, stinging tree, stingless bee, stingo, stingray, stingy
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