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)
Special Sections. Nettle Nettle (Urtica dioica [Latin]), also called stinging nettle, was once used to treat arthritis and all sorts of skin disease. It was the method with which nettle was introduced to the body that makes this herb s medicinal history so interesting self-flagellation with the nettle plant.