Meaning

24 senses
  1. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:

    Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),

  2. Urtica incisa (Australian nettle);

  3. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

    Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis);

  4. Bull nettles and spurge nettles (Cnidoscolus spp.):

    Bull nettle, spurge nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus)

  5. Texas bull nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus),

  6. Bull nettle (Cnidoscolus urens),

  7. Nettle trees or tree nettles:

    Various species of the genus Dendrocnide

  8. Various species of the genus Dendrocnide:

    Small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).

  9. Nettle trees or tree nettles:

    Scratchbush (Urera baccifera)

  10. Tree nettle (Urtica ferox);

  11. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

    Rock nettles (Eucnide spp.);

  12. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:

    Ball nettle (Solanum carolinense);

More definitions
  • any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

Examples

18 sentences
  1. The nettle tree gives sweet micocolli.

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  2. I like to drink nettle tea.

    ruЯ люблю пить чай из крапивы.

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  3. Tom pushed me into the nettles.

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  4. I got stung by some nettles.

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  5. I'll have to grasp the nettle, then.

    deDann muss ich eben in den sauren Apfel beißen.

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Translations

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stinging herb of genus Urtica:

Origin

From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West G

From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).

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