nettle : Idioms & Phrases

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

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

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• 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.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead.

Webster 1913

• 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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• 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).

Webster 1913

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

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

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• 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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• 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.

Webster 1913

• 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.

Webster 1913

• 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.

Webster 1913

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

Webster 1913

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

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• 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.

Webster 1913

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

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

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

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

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• (Zoöl.), a medusa.

Webster 1913

• 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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• 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.

Webster 1913

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

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• noun European dead nettle with white flowers
  Lamium album.
  

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• 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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• 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.

Webster 1913