Laportea canadensis, an annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern and central North America.

Alternative form of nettlecloth

A nettle; any of the species of genus Urtica that cause painful short-term skin irritation, especially Urtica dioica, originally Eurasian, now naturalized elsewhere.

(idiomatic) To act boldly, especially when there are short-term adverse consequences.

plural of hemp-nettle

Any weed of the genus Galeopsis in the Lamiaceae family.

(archaic) A jellyfish, or medusa. / A jellyfish of the genus Chrysaora.

plural of sea nettle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grasp the nettle

simple past tense and past participle of grasp the nettle