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I’m intrigued by the tension in Jake Skeet’s poem: Its title juxtaposes love with death, and its rhythms press against the nettle-like images.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

In the lower grounds are a variety of weedy bushes, and open waste places are covered everywhere with a nettle-like wild mint.

From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel

It is called by some the Hedge Dead Nettle, from its nettle-like leaves, and the place of its growth.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

The husk is densely covered with nettle-like bristles, which are quite irritating to tender hands.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.

The dead Nettles are so named as having no sting, but possessing nettle-like leaves.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas