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)
Plants called nettle include: 1  ball nettle â Solanum carolinense. 2  bull nettle Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle. 3  dead nettle, dumb nettle Lamium, particularly Lamium album.  false nettle 1  â Boehmeria. flame nettle â Coleus.  hedge nettle 1  â Stachys. hemp nettle â Galeopsis.  horse nettle: Agastache urticifolia â horse-nettle.