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A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceæ) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.

Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.

The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.

To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G. A. Sala.

The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamædryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. piluli…

dy, with little or no elevation. Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary. -- Nettle rash. See Urticaria. -- Rose rash. See Roseola. -- Tooth rash. See Red-gum.

Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type.

Nettle rash. See Urticaria.

t, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria.