English-Finnish translations for nettle

• nokkonen
• piikitellä
• polttaa
  Tuli poltti 100 hehtaaria metsää.
  polttaa roskia
  Viallinen virtalähde poltti sulakkeen.

Definition of nettle

• Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash
• Certain plants that have spines or prickles
• Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of ''Urtica''
• Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle
• Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone
• To pique, irritate, vex or provoke

Examples

• The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.

Related words

• hedgenettle
• hempnettle
• nettles
• nettlesome
• deadnettle
• hemp-nettle
• nettlebed
• Nettleton
• Nettlecombe