Read full poem →The nettle nods, the wind blows over,
The man, he does not move,
Dictionary Entry
Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. nettlerash nettleleaves nettleroot nettletea nettleleaf nettlenettle stingingnettle dead
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Poetry examples for “nettle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →When the wind blows above,
The nettle on the graves of lovers
That hanged themselves for love.
Read full poem →And in the little thickets where a sleeper
For ever might lie lost, the nettle-creeper
And garden warbler sang unceasingly;
Read full poem →Down each green road a cottage looks at the forest.
Round one the nettle towers; two are bathed in flowers.
Read full poem →Gone is the wheel;
On the prone roof and walls the nettle reigns.
Read full poem →Of a weak man's vain wishes ! While I spoke,
The thought I called a flower grew nettle-rough
The thoughts, called bees, stung me to festering: