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

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Etymology

Origin of stinging nettle

First recorded in 1515–25

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Example Sentences

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stinging nettle

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

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 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

He came into his garden one morning and saw that a great stinging nettle was making signs with its leaves to a beautiful red carnation.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

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