nettle

English

Urtica dioica

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#NETTLECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#NETTLE netle, netel, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#NETTLECategory:English terms derived from Old English#NETTLE netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#NETTLECategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#NETTLE *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#NETTLE *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).

Pronunciation

Noun

nettle (plural nettles)Category:English lemmas#NETTLECategory:English nouns#NETTLECategory:English countable nouns#NETTLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NETTLECategory:Pages with entries#NETTLECategory:Pages with 1 entry#NETTLE

  1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
    2. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:
      1. Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#common%20nettle),
      2. Urtica incisaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Urtica%20incisa (Australian nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Australian%20nettle);
    3. wood nettle (Laportea canadensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Laportea%20canadensis);
    4. bull nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#bull%20nettle and spurge nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#spurge%20nettle (Cnidoscolus spp.):
      1. bull nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#bull%20nettle, spurge nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#spurge%20nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Cnidoscolus%20stimulosus)
      2. Texas bull nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Texas%20bull%20nettle (Cnidoscolus texanusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Cnidoscolus%20texanus),
      3. bull nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#bull%20nettle (Cnidoscolus urensCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Cnidoscolus%20urens),
    5. nettle trees or tree nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#tree%20nettle:
      1. Various species of the genus DendrocnideCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Dendrocnide:
        1. small-leaved nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#small-leaved%20nettle (Dendrocnide photinophyllaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Dendrocnide%20photinophylla).
      2. scratchbush (Urera bacciferaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Urera%20baccifera)
      3. tree nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#tree%20nettle (Urtica feroxCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Urtica%20ferox);
    6. rock nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#rock%20nettle (EucnideCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Eucnide spp.);
  2. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
    1. ball nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#ball%20nettle (Solanum carolinenseCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Solanum%20carolinense);
    2. bull nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#bull%20nettle, silver-leaf nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#silver-leaf%20nettle, white horse-nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#white%20horse-nettle (Solanum elaeagnifoliumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Solanum%20elaeagnifolium);
    3. western horse-nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#western%20horse-nettle, robust horse-nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#robust%20horse-nettle (Solanum dimidiatumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Solanum%20dimidiatum);
    4. horse-nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#horse-nettle (Solanum rostratumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Solanum%20rostratum);
    5. hackberries (Celtis spp.).
  3. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
    1. dead nettles, dumb nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#dumb%20nettle (Lamium spp.), particularly Lamium albumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lamium%20album, white nettleCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#white%20nettle;
    2. false nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#false%20nettle (Boehmeria spp., family Urticaceae);
    3. flame nettles or painted nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#painted%20nettle (Coleus spp.);
    4. hedge nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#hedge%20nettle (Stachys spp.);
    5. hemp nettles (Galeopsis spp.);
    6. horse nettle Agastache urticifoliaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Agastache%20urticifolia,
    7. nilgiri nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#nilgiri%20nettle, Himalayan giant nettlesCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Himalayan%20giant%20nettle (Girardinia diversifoliaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Girardinia%20diversifolia, family Urticaceae spp.).
  4. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

nettle (third-person singular simple present nettles, present participle nettling, simple past and past participle nettled)Category:English lemmas#NETTLECategory:English verbs#NETTLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NETTLECategory:Pages with entries#NETTLECategory:Pages with 1 entry#NETTLE

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#NETTLE) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
    The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.Category:English terms with usage examples#NETTLE
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#NETTLE, figurative) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

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