NETTLE

nettle

(noun) any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil

(verb) 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”

nettle, urticate

(verb) sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nettle (plural nettles)

Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles

Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),

Urtica incisa (Australian nettle);

Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis);

bull nettles and spurge nettles of genus Cnidoscolus

Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle,

Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle,

Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle,

Nettle trees or tree nettles

Various species of the genus Dendrocnide

Urera baccifera (scratchbush),

Urtica ferox (tree nettle);

rock nettle (Eucnide);

small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).

Certain plants that have spines or prickles

ball nettle (Solanum carolinense);

Solanum elaeagnifolium, bull nettle, silver-leaf nettle, white horse-nettle;

Solanum dimidiatum, western horse-nettle, robust horse-nettle;

Solanum rostratum, horse-nettle;

Celtis (hackberry).

Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica

dead nettle, dumb nettle (Lamium), particularly Lamium album, white nettle;

false nettle (Boehmeria, family Urticaceae);

flame nettle or painted nettle (Coleus);

hedge nettle (Stachys);

hemp nettle (Galeopsis);

horse nettle Agastache urticifolia,

nilgiri nettle, Himalayan giant nettle (Girardinia diversifolia, family Urticaceae).

Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

Verb

nettle (third-person singular simple present nettles, present participle nettling, simple past and past participle nettled)

(transitive)

(transitive) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.

(transitive, figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

Anagrams

• letten, telnet

Source: Wiktionary


Net"tle, n. Etym: [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezzïla, nazza, Dan. nelde, nälde, Sw. nässla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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. chamædryoides 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.

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 L. gigas and L. 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 (Bæhmeria 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. 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 (Zoöl.), a medusa.

Net"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nettled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nettling.]

Definition: To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself. L'Estrange.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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