nettle
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Within hours, my menu, printed daily in the kitchen of a little French cafe in Friday Harbor, boasted Nettle Soup.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023
Washington stands quietly in the back, letting Andrea Jimenez of Herb Walk LA guide the group in identifying over 10 plants from Stinging Nettle to California sagebrush.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
The World Nettle Eating Competition sees hopefuls try and chew their way through as many stinging nettles as they can in one hour.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2022
Airline workers had urged him to contact the Australian embassy before travelling on, Nettle said.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2015
Nettle grabbed her brother by the scruff and pulled him outside as an avalanche of rock thundered behind them.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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