stinging nettle
English
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stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
stem, greatly enlarged
stem, greatly enlarged
Noun
stinging nettle (countable and uncountable, plural stinging nettles)
- A nettle; any of the species of genus Urtica that cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.
Synonyms
- common nettle, stinger (Bristolian)
Related terms
- deadnettle
Further reading
stinging nettle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Urtica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Urtica dioica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Urtica dioica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons