nettle-trees

Large trees were struck by the electric fluid and shattered, and among others one of those gigantic nettle-trees which had shaded the poultry-yard at the southern extremity of the lake.

The Mysterious Island 2005

Large trees were struck by the electric fluid and shattered, and among others one of those gigantic nettle-trees which had shaded the poultry-yard at the southern extremity of the lake.

The Mysterious Island 2005

In a few strides she had cleared the clumps of arbutus, whose red berries she tasted on her way; and it was in the jungle of nettle-trees, medlars, and jujube-trees that

La faute de l'Abbe Mouret ��mile Zola 1871

Then there came a jungle of nettle-trees, medlars and jujube trees, which pomegranates skirted with never-fading verdure.

La faute de l'Abbe Mouret ��mile Zola 1871

Farther off, on ground that grew gradually higher, were scattered several clumps of trees, made up of oaks and beeches, sycamores and nettle-trees, but trees of great stature as they were, they seemed but simple underwood by the side of the "mammoths," whose huge shadows the sun was throwing even into the sea.

Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Jules Verne 1866

Jack-trees with their gigantic fruit, and figs, and nettle-trees, and the singular screw-pines, and euphorbias, and various species of the orange, were observed along the way.

The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Mayne Reid 1850

Trees of various descriptions now began to appear, and shrubs of large size; among others were several nettle-trees, twenty feet in height at least.

Twice Lost William Henry Giles Kingston 1847