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| net·tle [ nétt'l ] |
noun (plural net·tles) |
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1. plant with stinging leaves: a wild plant with serrated-edged leaves covered with fine hairs or spines that sting when touched. Native to: found worldwide. Genus Urtica.
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2. nonstinging plant resembling nettle: a wild plant with serrated leaves like a stinging nettle, but without the stinging hairs, especially a dead nettle. Native to: northern temperate regions. Genus Lamium.
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transitive verb (past and past participle net·tled, present participle net·tling, 3rd person present singular net·tles) |
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1. irritate somebody: to irritate or annoy somebody
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informal
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2. sting somebody: to sting somebody with a nettle leaf
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| [ Old English netele< Indo-European, "to tie"] |
