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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STINGING NETTLE

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Stinging nettle is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STINGING NETTLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stinging nettle

Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica, often called common nettle or stinging nettle, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant, native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and North America, and is the best-known member of the nettle genus Urtica. The species is divided into six subspecies, five of which have many hollow stinging hairs called trichomes on the leaves and stems, which act like hypodermic needles, injecting histamine and other chemicals that produce a stinging sensation when contacted by humans and other animals. The plant has a long history of use as a medicine, as a food source and as a source of fibre.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE STINGING NETTLE

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Synonyms and antonyms of stinging nettle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stinging nettle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STINGING NETTLE

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Translator English - Chinese

荨麻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ortiga
570 millions of speakers

English

stinging nettle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चुभने विभीषिका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نبات القراص لاذع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крапива
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

urtiga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিছুটি জাতের গাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ortie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyengat nettle
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brennnessel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イラクサ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쐐기풀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nettle stinging
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cây tầm ma châm chích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்வை தொட்டால் எரிச்சலூட்டுகிற ஒருவகை செடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चुळबूळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ısırgan otu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ortica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokrzywa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кропива
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

urzica
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τσουκνίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brandnetel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brännässla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brennesle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stinging nettle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STINGING NETTLE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stinging nettle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STINGING NETTLE»

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101 Uses for Stinging Nettles
But apart from having an important role in the web of life, nettles are an incredibly useful plant to mankind. They have been put to myriad uses by our ancestors, and many of these are still valid today.
Piers Warren, 2006
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Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs
Archaeologists found nettle fabric wrapped around a body in a Stinging Nettle DESCRIPTION This single-stalked peren- nial may form clusters and so appear bushy. Small stinging hairs cover the stem and undersides of the leaves.
Claire Kowalchik, William H. Hylton, 1998
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The Family Herbal: A Guide to Natural Health Care for ...
We know of several cases in which hay fever has been completely cured by drinking stinging nettle tea every day from November through April, until the pollen season begins. You can easily observe for yourself that stinging nettle has a ...
Barbara Theiss, 1993
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The Wild Vegan Cookbook: A Forager's Culinary Guide (in the ...
Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis) has much larger oval, alternate (unpaired) leaves. Use the leaves of these plants in the same way you would use stinging nettle leaves. But if a plant looks like a nettle and has no stinging hairs, it's no nettle.
Steve Brill, 2010
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Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands
... from the sensation felt upon contact. Dioica: From Greek meaning "two households", referring to the fact that male and female flower parts are borne separately. Nettle family: Urticaceae Stinging nettle is widespread in eastern North America.
Sylvan T. Runkel, Dean M. Roosa, 2010
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An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and ...
Stinging nettle is used as a cooked green and herbal medicine. Flowers: Unisexual, with 3-5 sepals and no petals. Often small, in branched or unbranched clusters. Fruit: Usually an achene. Leaves: Alternate or opposite, simple. Some plants ...
Melanie Choukas-Bradley, 2004
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, ...
Urticaceae English: nettle, tall nettle, stinging nettle, common nettle, common stinging nettle, great stinging nettle, large stinging nettle, perennial stinging nettle , stinger, Swedish hemp Guatemala: ortiga, chichicaste Mexico: guechi bidoo ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
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What Your Doctor Hasn't Told You and the Health-store Clerk ...
Like so many of the herbs described in this book, stinging nettle has a long tradition of medicinal use; in this case, both Native Americans and medieval Europeans employed it to reduce joint pain and improve other conditions. Present-day ...
Edward L. Schneider, Leigh Ann Hirschman, 2006
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Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes to Zuiki Taro, A ...
Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle). Stinging nettles are cultivated as a vegetable in Italy, and used as a wild edible throughout the cold and temperate regions of the world. The subspecies U. d. ssp. gracilis is native in much of North America, as are ...
Eric Toensmeier, 2007
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The Deerholme Foraging Book: Wild Foods and Recipes from the ...
... seared, and pickled sea bean salad, 224 Typha latifolia (common cattail), 35 U Ulva lactuca (sea lettuce), 62 Urtica dioica (stinging nettle), 43 V Vaccinium parvifolium (red huckleberry), 29 Vaccinium spp. (blueberry), 26 vacuum packing, 20 ...
Bill Jones, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STINGING NETTLE»

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Are stinging nettles the new ramps?
Commonly referred to as stinging nettle, this menacing-sounding plant comes into season at the same time as the sought-after ramp, which often pushes the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Biscuits and stinging nettles: Norfolk PCC blasts 'violent crime' criteria
Two children were playing together and one brushed a stinging nettle across the others arm. This was recorded as an ABH. Dynamic Dart Advertisement. «Lynn News, Jun 15»
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Stinging nettle and flying biscuit cases see Norfolk's violent crime …
Norfolk police have started recording attacks involving flying biscuits and stinging nettles as serious violent crimes, echoing Monty Python's sketch of the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Why DO stinging nettles hurt so much? Chemist shows how tiny …
Most of us have experienced the pain and misery of accidentally brushing against stinging nettles. And now a chemistry teacher has created an infographic that ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Prickly yet delicious, stinging nettles are popping up on menus coast …
If you've ever brushed against a patch of Urtica dioica – or stinging nettles, as they're also called – you know that those suckers bite. And yet, to exact revenge ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
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Public Release: 20-Mar-2015 Stinging nettle chemical improves …
A cancer drug could be made 50 times more effective by a chemical found in stinging nettles and ants, new research finds. Researchers at the University of ... «EurekAlert, Mar 15»
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The many uses - both good and bad - of stinging nettles
Stinging nettles are plants that thrive in floodplains forests. They are prickly, but once disarmed, nettles are nutritious, full of medicinal properties, and a great ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Sep 14»
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Stinging Nettle Soup
Uncooked stinging nettles will sting you, so be sure to wear gloves when handling them. For best flavour, harvest only the top section of the plant, containing the ... «The Globe and Mail, Aug 14»
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Stinging nettles, tea and you
I recently read an article about stinging nettles, and was so intrigued by the potential health benefits that I decided to do a little more research on the plant. «Sandusky Register, Jul 14»
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Nettle: The Stinging Spring Edible
Stinging nettle is aptly named. The hairs on the tips of leaves contain a sac of formic acid that penetrate the skin, creating an unpleasant burning sensation that ... «Mother Earth News, May 14»

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