STINGING NETTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stinging nettle mean? 

• STINGING NETTLE (noun)
  The noun STINGING NETTLE has 1 sense:

1. perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs

  Familiarity information: STINGING NETTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STINGING NETTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

stinging nettle; Urtica dioica

Hypernyms ("stinging nettle" is a kind of...):

nettle (any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae))

Holonyms ("stinging nettle" is a member of...):

genus Urtica; Urtica (a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax)

 Context examples 

An orally available capsule-based nutritional supplement containing indole-3-carbinol, calcium-D-glucarate, Schizandra, vitamin D3, milk thistle, stinging nettle and hydroxymatairesinol (HMR) lignans, with potential estrogen modulating, antiproliferative and antioxidant activity.

(Indole-3-Carbinol/Calcium/Schizandra/Vitamin D3/Milk Thistle/Stinging Nettle/Lignan-Based Nutritional Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

Therefore, ingredients in indole-3-carbinol/calcium/Schizandra/vitamin D3/milk thistle/stinging nettle/lignan-based nutritional capsule may alter estrogen balance and may protect against mammary carcinogenesis.

(Indole-3-Carbinol/Calcium/Schizandra/Vitamin D3/Milk Thistle/Stinging Nettle/Lignan-Based Nutritional Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

Indole-3-carbinol, found in vegetables of the Cruciferae family, may inhibit mammary cell growth and exerts antiestrogenic activity; Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) and Schizandra chinensis may enhance some of the phase II detoxification enzymes; Calcium-D-glucarate and vitamin D3 may inhibit mammary cell growth; stinging nettle may exert its effect through its aromatase inhibiting activity; HMR lignans may have a beneficial effect on estrogen balance and levels.

(Indole-3-Carbinol/Calcium/Schizandra/Vitamin D3/Milk Thistle/Stinging Nettle/Lignan-Based Nutritional Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)