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dwarf nettle

dwarf nettle noun: a herbaceous nettle, Urtica urens, endemic to Eurasia.

Noun

dwarf nettle (plural dwarf nettles)

  1. A herbaceous nettle, Urtica urens, endemic to Eurasia.
    • Dwarf nettles, for instance, are not considered a ‘native’ British plant, but they are near universally present and have been recorded in Britain well into the Pleistocene.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 67

Forms of dwarf nettle

pluraldwarf nettles

Questions about dwarf nettle

What does dwarf nettle mean?
Dwarf nettle means a herbaceous nettle, Urtica urens, endemic to Eurasia.
What part of speech is dwarf nettle?
Dwarf nettle is a noun.
What is the plural of dwarf nettle?
The plural of dwarf nettle is dwarf nettles.

Words near dwarf nettle in the dictionary

  1. dwarf morning glory
  2. dwarf morning-glories
  3. dwarf morning-glory
  4. dwarf morningglories
  5. dwarf morningglory
  6. dwarf nettle
  7. dwarf nova
  8. dwarf olive
  9. dwarf olives
  10. dwarf planet
  11. dwarf planetary

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