nettle


Definition: Meaning of, nettle in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈnɛt(ə)l /

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Singular Plural
nettle nettles
also stinging nettle [countable]
  1. a wild plant with rough leaves that sting you
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
nettle nettled nettled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
nettling nettles
  1. be nettled (by something) informal to be annoyed by what someone says or does
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nettle used in phrases

  • Australian nettle (noun)
    1. any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
  • Australian nettle tree (noun)
    1. any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
  • Roman nettle (noun)
    1. annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers
  • ball nettle (noun)
    1. coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
  • bull nettle (noun)
    1. coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
  • dead nettle (noun)
    1. foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome
    2. any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips
  • devil nettle (noun)
    1. a stinging herb of tropical America
  • false nettle (noun)
    1. any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs
  • flame nettle (noun)
    1. any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicoloured decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
  • grasp the nettle (verb)
    1. face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
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