giant-nettle | Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

Giant
·noun A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. II. Giant ·noun Any animal, plant, or thing, of extr...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Nettle
·vt To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasi...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Nettle
1) Heb. haral, "pricking" or "burning," Prov. 24:30, 31 (R.V. marg., "wild vetches"); Job 30:7; Zeph...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Nettle
a well-known plant covered with minute sharp hairs; containing a poison that produces a painful, sti...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
giant-lily
n. See under lily. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
lily, giant
– , or Spear – , n. a fibre plant, Doryanthes excelsa, Corr., N.O. Amaryllideae. 1860. G. Bennett...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Sea nettle
·- A jellyfish, or medusa. ...

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nettle-tree
n. Two species of Laportea, N.O. Urticaceae, large scrub-trees, arecalled by this name – – Giant Ne...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
sea-nettle
An immemorial name of several zoophytes and marine creatures of the class Acalephæ, which have the p...

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