stinging nettle
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stem, greatly enlarged
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- common nettle, stinger (Bristolian)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]stinging nettle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Urtica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Urtica dioica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Urtica dioica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons