nettles

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Preparations for the competition have been taking place all week; trimming away nettles, picking up litter and cutting the grass.

From BBC • May 24, 2024

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

“You can see the outline of what’s buried. We’ve noticed that nettles seem to do better where there’s decomposition, compared with where there isn’t.”

From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024

Giant stinging nettles grew in clumps among the boulders, and they brushed against our bare skin and caught our legs on fire.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston