Nettle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact.
  • n. Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants.
  • v. To sting with or as if with a nettle.
  • v. To irritate; vex.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A herb of the genus Urtica, which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
  • n. The non-stinging plant deadnettle, also in the nettle family, Urticaceae.
  • n. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea-nettle.
  • v. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.
  • v. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and Urtica chamædryoides in the Southern, United States. The common European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.
  • v. To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A herbaceous plant of the genus Urtica, armed with stinging hairs.
  • n. One of several plants of other genera of the nettle family (Urticaceæ); any nettle-like plant: generally with a qualifying word.
  • To sting; irritate or vex; provoke; pique.
  • n. Nautical, same as knittle, 2.
  • n. The white dead-nettle, Lamium album.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
  • v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • v. sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
  • Verb Form
    nettled    nettles    nettling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bite    sting    burn   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    irritate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gretel    betel    kettle    metal    mettle    petal    resettle    settle    unsettle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dandelion    thistle    plantain    furze    fennel    tansy    wormwood    miso    watercress    briar