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Stinging Nettle

Definition: Stinging Nettle

Stinging Nettle

Noun

1. Perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Stinging Nettle

Synonym: Urtica dioica (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Stinging Nettle

English words defined with "stinging nettle": stinging hair. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stinging Nettle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

stinging nettle

148

stinging nettle extract

13

stinging nettle leaf

12

stinging nettle plant

4

stinging nettle tea

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Stinging Nettle

Language Translations for "stinging nettle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

обикновена пареща коприва. (various references)

   

Danish

  

stor naelde (annual nettle, great nettle, greater nettle). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

grote brandnetel (annual nettle, great nettle, greater nettle). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

nokkonen (nettle). (various references)

   

French

  

ortie dioïque, grande ortie. (various references)

   

German

  

Brennessel (nettle). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

aprócsalán. (various references)

   

Italian

  

orticone (annual nettle, great nettle, greater nettle, orthicon), ortica maschia (annual nettle, great nettle, greater nettle), ortica (nettle). (various references)

   

Manx

  

undaagagh (jenny nettles, urticaceous). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ingingstay ettlenay

   

Russian 

  

жгучая крапива (small nettle). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ortiga mayor (annual nettle, great nettle, greater nettle), ortiga grande (annual nettle, great nettle, greater nettle), ortiga (nettle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

brännässla (nettle). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ısırgan out (stinger). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

жалка кропива. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Stinging Nettle

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

JATROPHA URENS, Urtica dioeca, Urtica dioica. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Stinging Nettle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-g-i-i-l-n-n-n-s-t-t-t"

-3 letters: sentineling.

-4 letters: gelignites, glistening, insentient, lentigines, telnetting.

-5 letters: elegising, enlisting, entitling, gelignite, gingelies, ingesting, inletting, insetting, intestine, listening, negligent, nettliest, signeting, telneting, tingliest, tinseling.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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