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Definition of Stinging nettle
1. Noun. Perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs.
Definition of Stinging nettle
1. Noun. A nettle; any of the species of genus ''Urtica'' that cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially ''Urtica dioica'', originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinging Nettle
Literary usage of Stinging nettle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
""The common stinging-nettle" has a splendid fibre, and in Germany has been made
into .first-class paper. At this very hour the world is so prosperous, ..."
2. The Gardeners Dictionaryby Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Another Pill-bearing stinging nettle, with Leaves like Pellitory, ... Narrow-leav'd
pill bearing Stinging.nettle from Majorca, with a green Stalk. 6. ..."
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