stinging nettle
stinging nettle · stinging nettles
A nettle; a member of any the species of genus Urtica, which cause painful short-term…A nettle; a member of any the species of genus Urtica, which cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A nettle; a member of any the species of genus Urtica, which cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.
More definitions
- perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs
Forms
plural: stinging nettles| Singular | stinging nettle |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsstingercommon nettle
Close in meaning
- perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs:Urtica dioica
Word family
1 related wordsRelateddeadnettle
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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