Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Nettle

a well-known plant covered with minute sharp hairs; containing a poison that produces a painful, stifling sensation. It grows on neglected ground. A different Hebrew word in (Job 30:7; Proverbs 24:31; Zephaniah 2:9) seems to indicate a different species.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.