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Substantiivi

1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
2. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:
3. Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),
4. Urtica incisa (Australian nettle);
5. Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis);
6. Bull nettles and spurge nettles (Cnidoscolus spp.):
7. Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle,
8. Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle,
9. Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle,
10. Nettle trees or tree nettles:
11. Various species of the genus Dendrocnide:
12. Urera baccifera (scratchbush),
13. Urtica ferox (tree nettle);
14. rock nettle (Eucnide spp.);
15. small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
16. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
17. ball nettle (Solanum carolinense);
18. Solanum elaeagnifolium, bull nettle, silver-leaf nettle, white horse-nettle;
19. Solanum dimidiatum, western horse-nettle, robust horse-nettle;
20. Solanum rostratum, horse-nettle;
21. Celtis (hackberry).
22. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
23. dead nettle, dumb nettle (Lamium spp.), particularly Lamium album, white nettle;
24. false nettle (Boehmeria spp., family Urticaceae);
25. flame nettle or painted nettle (Coleus spp.);
26. hedge nettle (Stachys spp.);
27. hemp nettle (Galeopsis spp.);
28. horse nettle Agastache urticifolia,
29. nilgiri nettle, Himalayan giant nettle (Girardinia diversifolia, family Urticaceae).
30. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

Verbi

1. (transitive) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
2. (transitive, figurative) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.