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Substantiivit

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

Verbit

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