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nettle

33 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. nettle (noun)
  2. nettle (verb)
  3. ball nettle (noun)
  4. bee nettle (noun)
  5. blind nettle (noun)
  6. bull nettle (noun)
  7. burning nettle (noun)
  8. creek nettle (noun)
  9. day nettle (noun)
  10. dead nettle (noun)
  11. deaf nettle (noun)
  12. dog nettle (noun)
  13. dwarf nettle (noun)
  14. false nettle (noun)
  15. flame nettle (noun)
  16. flowering nettle (noun)
  17. giant nettle (noun)
  18. great nettle (noun)
  19. gympie (noun)
  20. hedge nettle (noun)
  21. hemp nettle (noun)
  22. horse nettle (noun)
  23. red dead nettle (noun)
  24. sea nettle (noun)
  25. small nettle (noun)
  26. spotted dead nettle (noun)
  27. spurge nettle (noun)
  28. stinging nettle (noun)
  29. strawberry nettle (noun)
  30. white dead nettle (noun)

1net·tle

noun \ˈne-təl\

Definition of NETTLE

1
: any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
2
: any of various prickly or stinging plants other than the true nettles (genus Urtica)
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Origin of NETTLE

Middle English, from Old English netel; akin to Old High German nazza nettle, Greek adikē
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

Rhymes with NETTLE

fettle, kettle, metal, mettle, petal, settle, shtetl

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