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stinging nettle
noun
: nettle sense 1
especially
: a Eurasian nettle (Urtica dioica) widely naturalized in North America that has numerous hairs extremely irritating to the skin
Examples of stinging nettle in a Sentence
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The thieves came in the middle of the night with wire cutters, snipping through the fence and trampling through a brush of stinging nettle.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Other plants like poison oak and stinging nettle, a common herbal medicine that causes skin irritation when touched, may be irritating.
—Sara Okeefe, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
One of those irritations is stinging nettle rash—a rash that comes from contact with a stinging nettle plant.
—Emilia Benton, Health, 11 Jan. 2024
This supplement features 1000mg of pure saw palmetto extract, along with pumpkin seed powder, zinc oxide, quercetin dihydrate, green tea extract, and stinging nettle root.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2023
There could be fecal matter if there are animals around (especially cats), plus there are plants that can cause contact rashes, such as poison ivy and stinging nettle.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2023
For Tartaglia, foraging stinging nettles has become an annual ritual.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
To start, there are six compost preparations laced with half a dozen medicinal herbs — yarrow, chamomile, stinging nettle, oak bark, dandelion and valerian — which rest in the compost for set periods of time before the compost is mixed into the topsoil.
—Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
Roasted hake with stinging nettle broth, grilled kale and black garlic aioli.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1525, in the meaning defined above
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“Stinging nettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stinging%20nettle. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
Medical Definition
stinging nettle
noun
: nettle sense 1
especially
: a perennial Eurasian nettle (Urtica dioica) widely naturalized in North America and having numerous hairs that are extremely irritating to the skin
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