stinging nettle

noun

stinging nettle

noun
1

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
common nettle, stinger
Related terms
deadnettle

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