| 单词 | small nettle |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmall nettle small nettle n. a relatively small annual stinging nettle, Urtica urens, native to Eurasia and introduced to North America, Australia, and New Zealand. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Abstringents The most proper on this occasion are decoctions of leaves, ground-ivy, speedwell, and small nettle. 1879 J. G. Wood Nat. Hist. Rambles xii. 189 Any one can see and avoid an ordinary stinging-nettle, but the small nettle lurks unsuspected among the herbage, and is often felt before it is seen. 1907 D. C. Gilman et al. New Internat. Encycl. XIV. 407/2 The small nettle..and the great nettle..introduced European species, are abundant in America. 2010 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Sept. 19 One is urtica urens, commonly known as small nettle, which has been listed as a mild noxious weed in Western Australia. < as lemmas |
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