Nettle

['net(ə)l] or ['nɛtl]

Definition

(noun.) any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae).

(verb.) sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation.

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Definition

(n.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.

(v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Fret, chafe, ruffle, irritate, vex, tease, harass, provoke, incense, exasperate, sting.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Sting, fret, provoke,[See INCENSE]

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Definition

n. a common plant covered with hairs which sting sharply.—v.t. to fret as a nettle does the skin: to irritate.—ns. Nett′le-cloth thick japanned cotton cloth used for leather; Nett′le-fish a jelly-fish sea-nettle; Nett′lerash a kind of fever characterised by a rash or eruption on the skin; Nett′le-tree a genus of trees with simple and generally serrated leaves the fruit a fleshy globose one-celled drupe; Nett′le-wort any plant of the nettle family.

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