stinging nettle

stinging nettle
a bristly, stinging Eurasian nettle, Urtica dioica, naturalized in North America, having forked clusters of greenish flowers, the young foliage sometimes cooked and eaten like spinach by the Scots.
[1515-25]

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  • stinging nettle — ► NOUN ▪ a nettle covered in stinging hairs …   English terms dictionary

  • stinging nettle — stinging ,nettle noun count a NETTLE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stinging nettle — stinging .nettle n a wild plant with leaves that sting and leave red marks on your skin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stinging nettle — noun perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs • Syn: ↑Urtica dioica • Hypernyms: ↑nettle • Member Holonyms: ↑Urtica, ↑genus Urtica * * * ˈstinging nettle [ …   Useful english dictionary

  • stinging nettle — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stinging nettle : singular stinging nettle plural stinging nettles a nettle …   English dictionary

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  • stinging nettle — noun a nettle covered in stinging hairs. [Urtica dioica and related species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • stinging nettle — sting′ing net′tle n. pln coo a bristly, stinging Eurasian nettle, Urtica dioica, having forked clusters of greenish flowers …   From formal English to slang

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