nettles
Example Sentences
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Zookeepers then pivot to old-fashioned tracking, braving thickets of brambles and stinging nettles in search of footprints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He also had to work to sustain the voracious creatures, foraging daily for nettles to feed them.
From Science Magazine ● May 20, 2024
Some are well-known to foragers and farmers market shoppers — nettles, morels, garlic scapes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
To get the full effects of nettles, brew the whole plant “low and slow” like a stock.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024
The rats were satisfied that both foxes were dead, and if they were not, well, who was going to climb down through all of those stinging nettles into the slippery ooze to find out?
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
