stinging tree
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The pain of the stinging tree is intense.
From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 22, 2024
The rainforests of eastern Australia are home to a stinging tree known as Dendrocnide.
From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 22, 2024
Dodging a swinging lawyer-vine tendril, I ran my face on a stinging tree and was in agony all day.
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.
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
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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