BULL NETTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bull nettle mean? • BULL NETTLE (noun)
The noun BULL NETTLE has 1 sense:
1. coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
Familiarity information: BULL NETTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BULL NETTLE (noun)
Meaning:
Coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ball nettle; ball nightshade; bull nettle; horse nettle; Solanum carolinense
Hypernyms ("bull nettle" is a kind of...):
nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)
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