Found 2 items, similar to Nettle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nettle
nettle
v 1: sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or
sensation [syn:
urticate]
2: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor
irritations;
“Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers
me”;
“It irritates me that she never closes the door after
she leaves” [syn:
annoy,
rag,
get to,
bother,
get at
,
irritate,
rile,
nark,
gravel,
vex,
chafe,
devil]
nettle
n : any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin
irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or
family Urticaceae)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nettle
Nettle
\Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n["a]lde, Sw. n["a]ssla;
cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
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 cham[ae]dryoides
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.
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Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
Laportea (as
Laportea gigas and
Laportea moroides);
-- also called
nettle tree.
Bee nettle,
Hemp nettle, a species of
Galeopsis. See
under
Hemp.
Blind nettle,
Dead nettle, a harmless species of
Lamium.
False nettle (
B[ae]hmeria cylindrica), a plant common in
the United States, and related to the true nettles.
Hedge nettle, a species of
Stachys. See under
Hedge.
Horse nettle (
Solanum Carolinense). See under
Horse.
nettle tree.
(a) Same as
Hackberry.
(b) See
Australian nettle (above).
Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
family (
Jatropha urens).
Wood nettle, a plant (
Laportea Canadensis) which stings
severely, and is related to the true nettles.
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Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
effects of whipping with nettles.
Sea nettle (Zo["o]l.), a medusa.
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Nettle
\Net"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Nettled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nettling.]
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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The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this
affront, that every man took it to himself.
--L'Estrange.
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