Noun: devil nettle
- A stinging herb of tropical America
"The devil nettle's painful sting earned it the name tread-softly";
- spurge nettle, tread-softly, pica-pica, Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens, Jatropha stimulosus
Derived forms: devil nettles
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: Cnidoscolus, genus Cnidoscolus