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noun • any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) verb • sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation • cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | ||||
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Stinging Plants
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NETTLES which was last seen in the New York Times NYT crossword.
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NETTLES
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5 | The stems of plants in this family are often covered in stinging hairs. | |
6 | This family of flowering plants includes species like stinging nettle and ramie. | |
7 | With species including henbit and the purple/yellow archangel, a perennial in the mint family thought to be named for its virtue of not stinging, unlike plants with similar leaves in the genus Urtica
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