stinging nettle

noun

A nettle; a member of any the species of genus Urtica, which cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.

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common nettlestingerUrtica dioica
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Meanings

nounstinging nettle (countable and uncountable, plural stinging nettles)

plural stinging nettles

  1. countableuncountableA nettle; a member of any the species of genus Urtica, which cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.

    Synonyms: common nettle, stinger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA nettle; a member of any the species of genus Urtica, which cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.

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common nettlestinger

More synonyms by meaning

nounperennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs

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Urtica dioica
Broader
nettle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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stinging nettle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stinging%20nettle

MLA

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Chicago

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

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