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  • plural of nettle.
  • present tense form of nettle (3rd person singular).

nettles



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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

But the khobeza is starting to run out, he said, so he now lives off a soup made from hot water and stinging nettles.

From Seattle Times Apr. 11, 2024

There are so many curative properties of stinging nettles.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2024

The ground began to slope downwards very slightly now, and although the clearings were much wider, the foliage got more tangled, in some places there were nettles and clinging ivy, as high as their knees.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill



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