Nettle
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
verb
(2) 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"
(3) Sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
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Etymology
From , from netle, netele, netel from Proto-Germanic *natilon (cogate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ "nettle"), a diminutive of *naton (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).
Noun
- A herb of the genus Urtica, which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
- The non-stinging plant dead nettle, also in the nettle family, Urticaceae (named after the above).
- Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea-nettle.