Contemporary Examples. â 1 The government failed to show that it had adequate basis for the certification,â he wrote in August. â 2 As long as they have an adequate body weight, most women will ovulate just fine, even on marathon weekend,â he says. 3  The airline industry has failed to give an adequate answer to that.
Definition of nettle. 1  1 : any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs â¦ legs, which smarted from the stings of nettles â¦ â James Stephens. 2  2 : any of various prickly or stinging plants other than the true nettles (genus Urtica)
Urtica dioica, often called common nettle or stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting), is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant, native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and western North America, and is the best-known member of the nettle genus Urtica. U. dioica subsp. galeopsifolia (fen nettle or stingless nettle), from Europe, does not have stinging hairs. 2  U. dioica subsp. afghanica, from southwestern and central Asia, sometimes has stinging hairs or is sometimes hairless. 3  U. dioica subsp. gansuensis, from eastern Asia (China), has stinging hairs.