nettle : Idioms & Phrases


australian nettle

  • noun any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
    Australian nettle.
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australian nettle tree

  • noun any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
    Australian nettle.
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ball nettle

  • noun coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
    Solanum carolinense; bull nettle; ball nightshade; ball nettle.
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Blind nettle

  • (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead.
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bull nettle

  • noun coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
    Solanum carolinense; bull nettle; ball nightshade; ball nettle.
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Dead nettle

  • noun foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome
    dead nettle; Stachys sylvatica.
  • noun any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips
  • noun coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States
    dead nettle; Galeopsis tetrahit.
  • noun a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves
    richweed; Pilea pumilla; clearweed.
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  • (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle (Lamium album).
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devil nettle

  • noun a stinging herb of tropical America
    tread-softly; pica-pica; Cnidoscolus urens; devil nettle; Jatropha urens; Jatropha stimulosus.
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false nettle

  • noun any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs
    bog hemp.
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flame nettle

  • noun any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
    coleus.
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Hedge nettle

  • noun perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere
    Stachys palustris.
  • noun foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome
    dead nettle; Stachys sylvatica.
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  • (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
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Hemp nettle

  • noun coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States
    dead nettle; Galeopsis tetrahit.
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  • a plant of the genus Galeopsis (G. Tetrahit), belonging to the Mint family.
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Horse nettle

  • noun coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
    Solanum carolinense; bull nettle; ball nightshade; ball nettle.
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  • (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the Solanum Carolinense.
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Nettle cloth

  • a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
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nettle family

  • noun a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
    Urticaceae; family Urticaceae.
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Nettle rash

  • noun an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
    hives; urtication; urticaria.
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  • (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles.
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nettle tree

  • noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
    hackberry.
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nettle-leaved bellflower

  • noun European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat
    throatwort; Campanula trachelium.
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nettle-leaved goosefoot

  • noun European annual with coarsely dentate leaves; widespread in United States and southern Canada
    Chenopodium murale; nettleleaf goosefoot.
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painted nettle

  • noun perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon
    Solenostemon blumei; Coleus blumei; Joseph's coat; Solenostemon scutellarioides.
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roman nettle

  • noun annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers
    Urtica pipulifera.
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Sea nettle

  • (Zoöl.), a medusa.
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silver-leaved nettle

  • noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
    silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
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Spurge nettle

  • noun a stinging herb of tropical America
    tread-softly; pica-pica; Cnidoscolus urens; devil nettle; Jatropha urens; Jatropha stimulosus.
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  • . See under Nettle.
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stinging nettle

  • noun perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs
    Urtica dioica.
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white dead nettle

  • noun European dead nettle with white flowers
    Lamium album.
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white horse nettle

  • noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
    silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; prairie berry; purple nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
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Wood nettle

  • noun American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles
    Laportea canadensis.
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  • . (Bot.) See under Nettle.
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