nettles
Example Sentences
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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
Leafy greens and herbs: arugula, spinach, beet greens, mustard greens, radish tops, kale, dandelion, nasturtiums, fennel fronds, nettles, lovage, microgreens.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
He also had to work to sustain the voracious creatures, foraging daily for nettles to feed them.
From Science Magazine ● May 20, 2024
Some are well-known to foragers and farmers market shoppers — nettles, morels, garlic scapes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
The legs had been kicked away and used to break the windows, and were lying outside, softly crumbling into the earth among the nettles and the incorruptible shards of glass.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
