stinging nettle

noun

a bristly, stinging Eurasian nettle, Urtica dioica, naturalized in North America, having forked clusters of greenish flowers, the young foliage sometimes cooked and eaten like spinach by the Scots.

Origin of stinging nettle

First recorded in 1515–25

Words nearby stinging nettle

sting, stingaree, stinger, stinging capsule, stinging hair, stinging nettle, stinging tree, stingless bee, stingo, stingray, stingy

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British Dictionary definitions for stinging nettle

stinging nettle

noun

See nettle (def. 1)