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
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The restaurant, open for dinner and brunch, serves old favorites like chicken Milanese and more inventive dishes, such as stinging nettle dumplings with garlic scapes, preserved lemon, and ricotta salata, in a morel broth.
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
Poison ivy is a familiar example, but other dangerous plants include
pokeweed, poison hemlock, giant hogweed and stinging nettle.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
Other plant varieties displayed included mustard, wood sorrel, stinging nettle, mallow and filaree.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Some of the more popular edible foraging finds in the state include chicken of the woods, fiddleheads, stinging nettle, wild garlic, garlic mustard, Japanese knotweed, Morel mushrooms, huckleberry, elderberry, wild raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and apples.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
Poison ivy is a familiar example, but other dangerous plants include
pokeweed, poison hemlock, giant hogweed and stinging nettle.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
Other plant varieties displayed included mustard, wood sorrel, stinging nettle, mallow and filaree.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Some of the more popular edible foraging finds in the state include chicken of the woods, fiddleheads, stinging nettle, wild garlic, garlic mustard, Japanese knotweed, Morel mushrooms, huckleberry, elderberry, wild raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and apples.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Stinging nettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stinging%20nettle. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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