noun Download 🔗Share Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Examples : "While hiking, I accidentally brushed against some nettles and immediately felt a stinging rash on my leg. " plant nature biology environment medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Certain plants that have spines or prickles: Examples : "I learned to identify nettles by the stinging rash they gave me when I accidentally brushed against them in the garden. " plant nature biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: Examples : "My grandmother grows a variety of herbs, including some nettles that look similar to stinging nettles, but don't leave a rash. " plant vegetable nature biology food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle. Examples : "After swimming in the ocean, she had itchy red welts from the nettles. " plant animal organism nature environment sensation medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone. Examples : "The children were badly nettled after playing in the field." plant sensation medicine biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pique, irritate, vex or provoke. Examples : "Her brother's constant teasing nettles her, even though she tries to ignore it. " emotion attitude mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading