prickly nettle

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• Nettle —    1) Heb. haral, pricking or burning, Prov. 24:30, 31 (R.V. marg., wild vetches ); Job 30:7; Zeph. 2:9. Many have supposed that some thorny or prickly plant is intended by this word, such as the bramble, the thistle, the wild plum, the cactus or …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Nettle — Recorded in several spellings including Nettle, Nettell, the patronymic Nettles, and probably others, this is a medieval English surname. It has at least two possible origins. The most likely is a nickname for a person with the prickly… …   Surnames reference

• nettle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English netel; akin to Old High German nazza nettle, Greek adikē Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• nettle — SYN: urtica. [A.S. netele] * * * net·tle net əl n 1) any plant of the genus Urtica (family Urticaceae, the nettle family) 2) any of various prickly or stinging plants other than one of the genus Urtica * * * net·tle (netґəl) any plant of the …   Medical dictionary

• prickly heat — Synonyms and related words: acne, acne vulgaris, breaking out, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, diaper rash, drug rash, eczema, efflorescence, elephantiasis, epithelioma, eruption, erysipelas, erythema, exanthem, heat rash, herpes, herpes… …   Moby Thesaurus

• prickly — adj 1. brambly, briery, thorny; bristly, Bot. strigose, Zool. barbellate, setigerous, setaceous, setose; spiny, spinous, spinulose, acanthoid, like a porcupine, thistlelike, aciculate; barbed, Bot., Zool. muri cate, spiculate. 2. troublesome,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• horse nettle — noun coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States • Syn: ↑ball nettle, ↑bull nettle, ↑ball nightshade, ↑Solanum carolinense • Hypernyms: ↑nightshade * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• bull nettle — noun coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States • Syn: ↑horse nettle, ↑ball nettle, ↑ball nightshade, ↑Solanum carolinense • Hypernyms: ↑nightshade * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• Horse nettle — Horse Horse (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. {Walrus}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus {Equus}; especially, the domestic horse… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ball nettle — noun coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States • Syn: ↑horse nettle, ↑bull nettle, ↑ball nightshade, ↑Solanum carolinense • Hypernyms: ↑nightshade * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• hemp nettle — n. any of a genus (Galeopsis) of European plants of the mint family; esp., a common prickly weed ( G. tetrahit) now found in the U.S …   English World dictionary