silver-leaved nettle
- noun
- US
:
ortiga de hojas plateadas
- The silver-leaved nettle is well known among farmers for its use in curdling milk.
Examples
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Some gardeners appreciate the unique foliage of the silver-leaved nettle in ornamental plantings.
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Wild patches of silver-leaved nettle can often be seen blooming along the riverbanks.
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The silver-leaved nettle grows abundantly in the wild.
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Many gardeners dislike the silver-leaved nettle because it spreads quickly.
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The silver-leaved nettle has been traditionally used by local farmers to curdle milk for cheese making.
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In the late summer, the silver-leaved nettle produces beautiful violet flowers that attract pollinators.
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Many people find the silver-leaved nettle valuable for its ability to grow in poor soil conditions.
Synonyms
A plant with silvery leaves, light blue or white flowers, and round berries sometimes used to curdle milk
A wild plant with silvery leaves and round berries that people use to curdle milk
A wild plant with silvery leaves and violet or white flowers that can be poisonous to animals
A wild plant with silvery leaves and violet, blue, or white flowers that has round berries used to curdle milk
A wild plant with silvery leaves and blue or white flowers that makes berries used to curdle milk
A wild plant with silvery leaves, violet, blue or white flowers and round berries used to make milk into cheese
A wild plant with silvery leaves and round berries that people use to curdle milk
Surface Forms
Morphology
silver-leaved + nettle
The phrase is fully compositional: 'silver-leaved' straightforwardly means 'having silver (silvery) leaves' and 'nettle' names a type of plant, so the combined meaning 'a nettle with silvery leaves' is directly derivable from its parts. This adjective+noun compound is a productive, cross‑linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Silver-leaved nettle The plant name silver-leaved nettle comes from a simple picture: its leaves are pale and shiny, so silver and leaved, and people called the rough, common weed a nettle. So today the name means a wild, weedy plant with silvery leaves that people once used to 'curdle milk'.
