dwarf nettle

noun

A herbaceous nettle, Urtica urens, endemic to Eurasia.

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Meanings

noundwarf nettle (plural dwarf nettles)

plural dwarf nettles

  1. A herbaceous nettle, Urtica urens, endemic to Eurasia.

    Dwarf nettles, for instance, are not considered a ‘native’ British plant, but they are near universally present and have been recorded in Britain well into the Pleistocene.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 67
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APA

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“dwarf nettle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dwarf%20nettle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dwarf nettle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dwarf%20nettle.

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