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1. (n.) nettle
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
2. nettle
any of various similar plants.
3. (v.t.) nettle
to irritate, annoy, or provoke.
4. nettle
to sting as a nettle does.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE netele (n.); c. OS
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1. (verb) nettle
any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
2. (verb) nettle, urticate
sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
3. (verb) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nettle
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
2. (verb) nettle
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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Sense: a type of plant covered with hairs that cause a painful rash if touched.
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 Afrikaans: brandnetel |
 Arabic: حَشيش القُرّاص |
 Bulgarian: коприва |
 Brazilian: urtiga |
 Czech: kopřiva |
 German: die Nessel |
 Danish: nælde |
 Greek: τσουκνίδα |
 Spanish: ortiga |
 Estonian: nõges |
 Farsi: انواع گزنه تيغى گزنده |
 Finnish: nokkonen |
 French: ortie |
 Hebrew: סִירפָּד |
 Hindi: बिच्छू का पेड़ |
 Croatian: kopriva |
 Hungarian: csalán |
 Indonesian: jelatang |
 Icelandic: netla |
 Italian: ortica |
 Japanese: いらくさの類 |
 Korean: 쐐기풀 |
 Lithuanian: dilgėlė |
 Latvian: nātre |
 Malay: menjengkelkan |
 Dutch: netel |
 Norwegian: (bren)nesle |
 Polish: pokrzywa |
 Persian: تيغ نوع |
 Pashto: يو ډول تيغ |
 Portuguese: urtiga |
 Romanian: urzică |
 Russian: крапива |
 Slovak: pŕhľava |
 Slovenian: kopriva |
 Serbian: kopriva |
 Swedish: nässla |
 Thai: ต้นไม้ป่าที่มีขนตามใบให้เ |
 Turkish: ısırgan otu |
 Taiwanese: 蕁麻 |
 Ukrainian: кропива |
 Urdu: خاردار پودا |
 Vietnamese: cây tầm ma |
 Chinese: 荨麻 |
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