stinging tree

British

noun

any of various Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Dendrocnide with rigid stinging hairs

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The rainforests of eastern Australia are home to a stinging tree known as Dendrocnide.

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 22, 2024

The pain of the stinging tree is intense.

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 22, 2024

Ranges and ravines clothed with an almost impenetrable jungle, which was infested with the venomous leaves of the stinging tree and the hooked spikes of the lawyer vine, confronted them.

From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest

A fabulous story is told of it and a stinging tree called Salato.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George

About this time I got a small brushing job from a mean person who gave me ten shillings an acre to cut four acres thickly grown with the accursed stinging tree.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.

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