common noun. stinging nettles; the juice from the leaves burns the skin, but in the spring the sprouts are eaten as a tonic and fibre is
used for making twine and nets
Scientific name: Urtica dioica
Ḵ'odza steti. Da łat ksi'yenst adat hadikbaałt. Cut the nettles. After the leaves are off they split them.
![Nettle Twine. Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner. missing: ../jpgs/n_turner/nettle_twine.jpg](../jpgs/n_turner/nettle_twine.jpg)
Nettle Twine. Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner.
![Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner. missing: ../jpgs/n_turner/utrica_dioica.jpg](../jpgs/n_turner/utrica_dioica.jpg)
Photograph courtesy of Nancy Turner.