Nettle vs Disgruntle - What's the difference?
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Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
# Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica , the stinging nettles:
## Most, but not all, subspecies of ,
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# Wood nettle ();
# (vern)s and (spurge nettle)s of genus :
## , (bull nettle), (spurge nettle),
## , (Texas bull nettle),
## , (bull nettle),
## (vern) or (tree nettle)s:
### Various species of the genus ,
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# (rock nettle) ();
# (small-leaved nettle) ().
Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
# (ball nettle) ();
# , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);
# , (western horse-nettle), (robust horse-nettle);
# , (horse-nettle);
# Celtis .
Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the same family (Lamiaceae as the stinging nettles, that resemble the species of Urtica :
# (dead nettle), (dumb nettle) (Lamium ), particularly , (white nettle);
# (false nettle) ();
# (flame nettle) or (painted nettle) (Coleus );
# (hedge nettle) (Stachys );
# (hemp nettle) ();
# (horse nettle)s:
## ,
## , (ball-nettle), (Carolina horse-nettle),
## , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);
# (nilgiri nettle), (Himalayan giant nettle) ().
Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
(literally) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.
(figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.
To make discontent or cross; to cause being in a bad temper.
Nettle is a related term of disgruntle.
As verbs the difference between nettle and disgruntle
is that nettle is (literally) of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone while disgruntle is to make discontent or cross; to cause being in a bad temper.As a noun nettle
is any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.nettle
English
(wikipedia nettle) (Urtica)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* grasp the nettle * nettle rash * nettlelike * nettlesome * nettlyVerb
(nettl) (transitive)- The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.