Look up: Nettle

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   Nettle
   The nettle is a plant of the family urticaceae.
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   nettle
   [n] - any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) 2. [v] - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
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   nettle
   textile bast fibre Category: Various industries and crafts
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   Nettle
   Net'tle noun [ Anglo-Saxon netele ; akin to Dutch netel , German nessel , Old High German nezzïla , nazza , Danish nelde , nälde , Swedish nässla ; cf, Lithuanian notere .] (Botany) A plant of the genus Urtica , covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis< ...
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   Nettle
   Net'tle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Nettled ; present participle & verbal noun Nettling .] To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. « The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took i ...
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   nettle
   <botany> A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. Chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. The common European species, U. Urens and U. Dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. Pilulifera is the Ro ...
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   nettle
   noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
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   Nettle
   `Nettle` is the common name for any of between 30-45 species of flowering plants of the genus `Urtica` in the family Urticaceae, with a cosmopolitan though mainly temperate distribution. They are mostly herbaceous perennial plants, but some are annual and a few are shrubby. The most prominent member of the genus is the stinging nettle `Urtica dioica`, native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, and North America. The genus also contains a number of o...
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   Nettle
   • (n.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman...
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    nettle
    (from the article `Urticaceae`) the nettle family comprising about 45 genera of herbs, shrubs, small trees, and a few vines, distributed primarily in tropical regions. The family is ...
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    nettle
    nettle, common name for the Urticaceae, a family of fibrous herbs, small shrubs, and trees found chiefly in the tropics and subtropics. Several genera of nettles are covered with small stinging hairs that on contact emit an irritant (formic acid) which produces a skin rash sometimes called urticaria...
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