NETTLES — Definition of NETTLES
noun
1
Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
2
Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
3
Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
4
Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
verb
1
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.
2
To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nettle
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