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stinging nettle /ˈstɪŋɪŋ ˌnɛt(ə)l /nounA Eurasian nettle covered in minute hairs that inject irritants such as histamine and acetylcholine when they are touched.- Genus Urtica, family Urticaceae: several species, in particular U. dioica.
In his pasture, edible weeds like dandelion, chicory, quack grass and even stinging nettles are allowed to thrive....- Milkweed provides food for monarch butterfly larvae and stinging nettles host caterpillars of the red admiral butterfly.
- The creation of the road, however, has made an opening for other kinds of plants, including fescue, bent grasses, myriad leaf, a stinging nettle, western dock, and the colorful fireweed.
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