Meaning
24 sensesEspecially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:
Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),
Urtica incisa (Australian nettle);
Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis);
Bull nettles and spurge nettles (Cnidoscolus spp.):
Bull nettle, spurge nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus)
Texas bull nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus),
Bull nettle (Cnidoscolus urens),
Nettle trees or tree nettles:
Various species of the genus Dendrocnide
Various species of the genus Dendrocnide:
Small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
Nettle trees or tree nettles:
Scratchbush (Urera baccifera)
Tree nettle (Urtica ferox);
Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
Rock nettles (Eucnide spp.);
Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
Ball nettle (Solanum carolinense);
- any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
Examples
18 sentencesThe nettle tree gives sweet micocolli.
I like to drink nettle tea.
ruЯ люблю пить чай из крапивы.
Tom pushed me into the nettles.
I got stung by some nettles.
I'll have to grasp the nettle, then.
deDann muss ich eben in den sauren Apfel beißen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West GFrom 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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