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Noun: stinging nettle
  1. Perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs
    - Urtica dioica

Derived forms: stinging nettles

Type of: nettle

Part of: genus Urtica, Urtica

Encyclopedia: Stinging nettle