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nettle

[net-l] / ˈnɛt l /


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Washington stands quietly in the back, letting Andrea Jimenez of Herb Walk LA guide the group in identifying over 10 plants from Stinging Nettle to California sagebrush.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

The Nettle Queen and Nettle King will each receive a cup and a crown for their painful efforts.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2022

Nettle, camas, peppers and other vegetables will be grown on the farm.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2021

“Acting as he did means he does not come to this court with clean hands,” Justice Nettle said, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2015

I also intended to donate to the archives my dozen long letters from old, Mr. Nettle.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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