Nettle

netting

Definition: Meaning of, nettle in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈnɛt(ə)l /

Word Forms:

Singular	Plural
nettle	nettles

also stinging nettle [countable]

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Word Forms:

Prsesent	Past	Past Participle
nettle	nettled	nettled

Present Participle	Third Person Singular
nettling	nettles

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nettle used in phrases

Australian nettle (noun)
1. any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
Australian nettle tree (noun)
1. any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
Roman nettle (noun)
1. annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers
ball nettle (noun)
1. coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
bull nettle (noun)
1. coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
dead nettle (noun)
1. foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome
2. any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips
devil nettle (noun)
1. a stinging herb of tropical America
false nettle (noun)
1. any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs
flame nettle (noun)
1. any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicoloured decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
grasp the nettle (verb)
1. face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
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Pronunciation: ˈkɒnf(ə)r(ə)ns kɔːl

Parts of Speech: noun

a telephone call in which several people in different places can all talk to each other

nettle family