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Stinging tree is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STINGING TREE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stinging tree

Dendrocnide

Dendrocnide is a genus of 37 species of shrubs to large trees in the nettle family Urticaceae. They have a wide distribution across Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. They are colloquially known as stinging trees, stinging nettles or nettle trees. One Australian species, Dendrocnide excelsa, can grow to over 40 metres in height, but the dangerous Dendrocnide moroides is only shrub-size. In Vanuatu, where Dendrocnide species are known by the Bislama name nanggalat, they have various customary uses, including the whipping of those found guilty of breaking taboos. The pain caused by merely touching the nanggalat is no worse than the sting of a common European nettle, but far more persistent, returning whenever the affected area of skin is touched by water, an effect that may last for days. Dendrocnide species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Aenetus scotti.

Definition of stinging tree in the English dictionary

The definition of stinging tree in the dictionary is any of various Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Dendrocnide with rigid stinging hairs.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STINGING TREE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE STINGING TREE

at the top of the tree
big tree
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Christmas tree
coffee tree
family tree
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lemon tree
plane tree
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Synonyms and antonyms of stinging tree in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stinging tree» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STINGING TREE

Find out the translation of stinging tree to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stinging tree from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stinging tree» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

带刺的树
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

árbol de picadura
570 millions of speakers

English

stinging tree
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चुभने पेड़
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شجرة لاذع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жало дерево
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

árvore picadas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুষারপাত গাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arbre de picotement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pokok menyengat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stechen Baum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

刺すようなツリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쏘는 트리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stinging tree
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cây chua cay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொதிக்கும் மரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डंठल वृक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ağı yakıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

albero pungente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kłucie drzewo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жало дерево
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

copac jignitor
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τσούξιμο δέντρο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

skerp boom
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

svidande träd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stinging treet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stinging tree

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STINGING TREE»

The term «stinging tree» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.634 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STINGING TREE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STINGING TREE»

Discover the use of stinging tree in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stinging tree and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Love Remedies
(Dendrocnide excelsa) "No, that is a Stinging Tree,” said a worried voice behind me suddenly. I had been looking closely at a flowering Stinging Tree. When I carefully turned the leaves over for a photo, my friend warned me again of Stinging ...
Harald Tietze, Juta Stepanovs, Ingfried Hobert MD, Harald W. Tietze, Juta Stepanovs, 2001
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Medicinal Plants in Australia Volume 3: Plants, Potions and ...
Shining-leaved Stinging Tree (D. photinophylla), which has a similar distribution, is also found in northern New South Wales. The Giant Stinging Tree ( Dendrocnide excelsa, formerly Laportea gigas) ranges further south, from southern ...
Cheryll Williams, 2012
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The New Paper Families: An Anthology of Short Short Stories
'Hey,' he said, 'be careful there, you're lying right under a stinging tree.' I looked up. Some of the leaves were tatty, bug-eaten. But others were soft green, almost transparent. How could such soft leaves sting? 'One light brush with that and you  ...
‎2010
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Love Remedies Australian Living Wild Flower Essences: ...
Stinging Tree (Dendrocnide excelsa) "No, that is a Stinging Tree,” said a worried voice behind me suddenly. I had been looking closely at a flowering Stinging Tree. When I carefully turned the leaves over for a photo, my friend warned me ...
Juta Stepanovs, Roman H.G. Roetting, Harald W. Tietze, 2013
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Chemical Biology of the Tropics: An Interdisciplinary Approach
The gympie gympie or stinging tree (Dendrocnide excelsa) became a focal research species, due to its alleged toxic leaves that reputedly boasted both chemical and physical protection. The giant stinging tree leaves were densely covered ...
Jorge M. Vivanco, Tiffany Weir, 2011
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It's a Jungle Up There: More Tales from the Treetops
More Tales from the Treetops Margaret D. Lowman, James Burgess, Edward Burgess, Ghillean T. Prance. What is your favorite insect? My personal favorite is the giant stinging tree beetle, which lives exclusively in the foliage of the giant ...
Margaret D. Lowman, James Burgess, Edward Burgess, 2008
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CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: ...
Tree, immature stinging tree leaves densely covered with painful stinging hairs, leaves of all ages highly nutritious, edible fruits See Archives du Muséum d' Histoire Naturelle 9: 142. 1856 and The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21(2): 204.
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2012
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Tree-kangaroos of Australia and New Guinea
Stinging plants You sometimes get the impression that nothing living in rainforest is benign, particularly when you encounter plants that give you a good sting. The most widely known of these is the Heart-leafed Stinging Tree (Dendrocnide ...
Roger William Martin, 2005
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A World of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers
The leaves of the giant stinging tree were covered in stiff, sharp, flesh-tearing hairs as well as fine stinging hairs. Meg numbered hundreds of leaves using a waterproof pen and painstakingly recorded each one's location in her field journal.
Michael Elsohn Ross, 2014
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Barefoot Through the Bindies
It was 'infested with stinging-tree' and in some sections was so steep that the traveller felt his horse was 'walking on his hind legs while I had my face between his ears.' A. J. Boyd, quoted, in Gibson-Wilde, Dorotlgl, Gateu/a_y to a Golden Land ...
Marion Houldsworth, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STINGING TREE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stinging tree is used in the context of the following news items.
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Forget About Poisonous Spiders and Snakes, Australia has Deadly …
Casual contact with the vegetation of the stinging tree is all you need to have the stickers, described as “miniature hypodermic needles,” pierce your skin and ... «TheBlaze.com, May 15»
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This plant's excruciating sting can drive humans mad, or even kill …
Entomologist and ecologist Marina Hurley, who studies various species of Australian stinging trees, has likened the gympie-gympie's effect to "being burnt with ... «Treehugger, May 15»
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​If You Touch This Plant It Will Make You Vomit In Pure Agony
As the Gympie's fame spread, the military became interested in the tree. In the late 1960s, the British Army had people send them samples of the stinging tree for ... «io9, Mar 15»
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Touching this Plant will make you Very Sick
Its sting is so agonizing that a slight brush to the hand from one of the leaves can ... the British Army had people send them samples of the stinging tree for use as ... «MINA, Mar 15»
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Saltwater crocs, toxic trees, crazy cassowaries: Find your wild side in …
The rain forest stinging tree injects a neurotoxin into your skin, causing excruciating pain that lasts for months. Twenty of the world's 25 deadliest snakes live ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 14»
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A visit to Australia's Gondwana Rainforests is a sensory delight
We carefully arced around the notorious stinging tree. “You don't want to touch that,” Wallace warned. “Those leaves sting even after falling.” We didn't touch. «Dallas Morning News, Feb 14»
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Is one of Australia's most painful plants losing its sting?
THE GYMPIE-GYMPIE STINGING tree (Dendrocnide moroides) is generally considered to have the most painful sting of any Australian plant, but a chance ... «Australian Geographic, Feb 14»
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Factsheet: Gympie-Gympie
Don't let its harmless, fuzzy-leafed appearance fool you: the Gympie-Gympie stinging tree will leave you in agonising pain from the gentlest touch. Here's all the ... «Australian Geographic, Feb 14»
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Agonising encounter ends hike
Less than a metre off the trail was the stinging tree and the back of Ms Paterson's hand brushed one of the leaves. As soon as she felt the bristling sensation on ... «Gympie Times, Aug 13»
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'Stingstro' alter ego: The Stinging Tree
Don't let the heart shaped leaves of Dendrocnide moroide and other stinging tree species fool you. They are covered in fine, silica hairs chock full of a painful, ... «Pacific Standard, May 13»

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